Personal information | |||
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Full name | Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 June 2000||
Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay [1] | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder [1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
Olimpia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2018–2021 | Olimpia | 28 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Nottingham Forest | 3 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Real Salt Lake (loan) | 27 | (0) |
2023– | Real Salt Lake | 16 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Paraguay U17 | 11 | (0) |
2019 | Paraguay U20 | 3 | (1) |
2020 | Paraguay U23 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Paraguay | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2022 |
Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez (pronounced “Bry-ahn”, born 27 June 2000) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Real Salt Lake and the Paraguay national team. [3]
Ojeda began his career with Paraguayan Primera División team Olimpia. [3] He was promoted into senior football at the end of the 2018 campaign, appearing for his professional debut on 2 December in a 3–2 victory over Sol de América; he was substituted off at half-time. [3] Another appearances followed a week later against 3 de Febrero, as Olimpia received their forty-second league title. [3] He also participated in three Copa Paraguay games that year. [4] [5] In March 2019, Ojeda renewed his contract. [6] [7] In July, after not featuring in 2019, Ojeda was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia of the Argentine Primera División. [8] [9]
On 31 August 2021, Ojeda moved to EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [10] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Luton Town on 23 November 2021. [11]
On 4 August 2022, Ojeda was loaned to Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake for the 2022–23 season. [12] On 1 August 2023, the deal was made permanent and Ojeda joined Salt Lake on a permanent transfer. [13] [14]
Ojeda represented Paraguay at U17 and U20 level. [3] He appeared eight times at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile, as they qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India; where he featured against Mali, New Zealand and the United States. [3] [15] [16] In 2019, Ojeda played three times at the South American U-20 Championship. [3] [17]
In 2020, Ojeda held representative honours with the Paraguay national under-23 squad at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
He made his debut for the senior squad on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Ecuador, a 0–2 away loss. He substituted Hugo Martínez in the 65th minute. [18]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Olimpia | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
2021 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
Total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Nottingham Forest | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
Olimpia [3]
Nottingham Forest