Brandon Aguilera
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brandon Aguilera Zamora[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 June 2003||
Place of birth | Naranjo, Costa Rica | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rio Ave | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Carmelita | 4 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Alajuelense | 40 | (1) |
2021–2023 | → Guanacasteca (loan) | 28 | (4) |
2022–2024 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | (0) |
2023 | → Estoril (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2024 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2024– | Rio Ave | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Costa Rica U15 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Costa Rica U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Costa Rica U20 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Costa Rica | 19 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC) |
Brandon Aguilera Zamora (born 28 June 2003) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Rio Ave and the Costa Rica national team.
Club career
[edit]In July 2022 Premier League side Nottingham Forest announced they had signed Aguilera on a four-year deal from Alajuelense, and would immediately be loaned to fellow Costa Rican side Guanacasteca for six months.[2] In January 2023, Aguilera joined Primeira Liga club Estoril on loan until the end of the season. He played with the team's under 23 squad.[3]
On 1 February 2024, Aguilera joined League One club Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season.[4] He made an impressive debut for the club two days after signing, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Exeter City, smashing the ball into the top corner from twenty yards.[5][6] In just his third match of his loan spell however, he picked up a hamstring injury, having to temporarily return to his parent club.[7] At the Bristol Rovers end of season awards, he was awarded the club's Goal of the Season for his debut strike.[8]
On 2 July 2024, Aguilera signed with Portugeuse Primeira Liga side Rio Ave on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[9][10]
International career
[edit]A youth international for Costa Rica since 2018, Aguilera made his senior team debut against the United States on 30 March 2022.[11][12] In November 2022 he was named to the 26-man Costa Rica squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of end of 2023–24 season[14]
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 | ||
Carmelita | 2018–19 | Liga FPD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Alajuelense | 2019–20 | Liga FPD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Liga FPD | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Liga FPD | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |||
Nottingham Forest | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Guanacasteca (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga FPD | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
2022–23 | Liga FPD | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
Estoril (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nottingham Forest U21 | 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2023–24[15] | League One | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||
Career total | 81 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 8 |
- ^ Two appearances in CONCACAF League, one appearance in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
International
[edit]- As of match played 2 July 2024[16]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Costa Rica | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Alajuelense
Individual
- Bristol Rovers Goal of the Season: 2023–24[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "FOREST SECURE COSTA RICA INTERNATIONAL AGUILERA". Nottingham Forest. 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Agiulera joins Estoril on loan". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Aguilera loaned to Bristol Rovers". www.nottinghamforest.co.uk. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Exeter City 0–1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Langstaff, Harry (3 February 2024). "Bristol Rovers player ratings: "mesmeric" and "heroic" 9/10s received in Exeter City victory". Bristol World. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Langstaff, Harry (22 February 2024). "Bristol Rovers confirm loanee returns to Premier League side Nottingham Forest for 'rehab' on injury". Bristol World. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Rovers celebrate campaign at End Of Season Awards". www.bristolrovers.co.uk. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ https://rioavefc.pt/destaque/brandon-aguilera-assina-e-reforca-meio-campo/
- ^ https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2024/july/02/aguilera-joins-rio-ave/
- ^ "Brandon Aguilera: Nottingham Forest sign Costa Rica midfielder". BBC Sport. 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Nottingham Forest sign Costa Rica teenager Brandon Aguilera from LD Alajuelense". FourFourTwo.
- ^ FCRF [@fedefutbolcrc] (3 November 2022). "Les dejamos la imagen también" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Brandon Aguilera at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Brandon Aguilera in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Aguilera, Brandon". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Brandon Aguilera at Athletic updates
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Grecia (canton)
- Sportspeople from Alajuela Province
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- A.D. Carmelita footballers
- Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Liga FPD players
- Premier League players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- 2024 Copa América players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- English Football League players
- A.D. Guanacasteca players
- Rio Ave F.C. players