Braian Ojeda
Personal information
Full name Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez
Date of birth (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000[1]
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 9 (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 22 December 2023
‡ 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]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

As of 7 January 2022[3][4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpia 2018 Paraguayan Primera División 2030—000050
2019 0000—000000
2020 13000—0000130
2021 13100—9000221
Total 28130—9000401
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 10000002[lower-alpha 1]000120
Nottingham Forest 2021–22 EFL Championship 300000—30
Career total 411300011000551
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Olimpia[3]

Nottingham Forest

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Braian Ojeda". World Football. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Braian Ojeda". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Braian Ojeda at Soccerway
  4. 1 2 "Braian Ojeda – Club Olimpia". Olimpia. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Braian Ojeda, otra buena aparición". ABC. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nicolás Morínigo renueva contrato con Olimpia". Tigo Sports. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "El juvenil de Olimpia que podría ir a Europa". Versus. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sangre Guaraní para Defensa". Defensa y Justicia. 12 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Defensa y Justicia: Braian Ojeda, la apuesta del halcón". TyC Sports. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Two more signings as Ojeda checks in".
  11. ↑ "Nottingham Forest 0-0 Luton". BBC. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ojeda Departs on Loan". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 August 2022.
  13. ↑ https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2023/august/01/ojeda-departs/
  14. ↑ https://www.rsl.com/news/real-salt-lake-permanently-acquires-paraguayan-international-braian-ojeda-from-n
  15. ↑ "Paraguai Sub-17 termina o ano com treinos no Albiróga". CONMEBOL. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Under-17 World Cup: Paraguay announce 24-member squad". Goal. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Ya están los 23 para el Sudamericano Sub 20". Crónica. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Ecuador v Paraguay game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait". 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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