Brayan Véjar
 Véjar with Palestino in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan Alfonso Véjar Utreras | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Talcahuano, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unión Española | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2014 | Huachipato | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Huachipato | 61 | (3) |
| 2016–2021 | Colo-Colo | 55 | (2) |
| 2019 | → Palestino (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | Palestino | 78 | (3) |
| 2025– | Unión Española | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Chile U20 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2015 | |||
Bryan Alfonso Véjar Utreras (born 14 July 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Chilean Primera División side Unión Española as a full-back.
Club career
[edit]He made his professional debut playing for Huachipato on May 11, 2013. On that day, his team defeated Santiago Wanderers 3 goals to 1.
On August 4, 2016, it was officially announced his departure to Colo Colo, by petition of the current coach Pablo Guede. On August 4, 2021, he moved to Palestino after ending his contract with Colo-Colo.[1]
Véjar signed with Unión Española for the 2025 season.[2]
Seven-a-side football
[edit]Still a player of Palestino, he joined the Chilean seven-a-side football club Red Lions in November 2023 for the championship Legends Cup as coach, with the also active footballer Martín Rodríguez as player.[3]
International career
[edit]Véjar was one of the players selected by former Chilean coach Jorge Sampaoli to spar with the Chile National team for the World cup Brazil 2014.[4] After, he represented Chile U20 at the 2015 South American U-20 Championship, making one appearance.
In 2020, he took part in a training microcycle of the Chile senior team.[5]
Honours
[edit]- Colo-Colo
- Primera División (1): 2017 Transición
- Copa Chile (2): 2016, 2019
- Supercopa de Chile (2): 2017, 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Brayan Véjar fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de Palestino". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (16 December 2024). "Unión tiene nuevo fichaje: "Talento, rapidez y versatilidad"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Arriaza, Bastián (19 November 2023). "Martín Rodríguez retorna a Chile para firmar con un nuevo club". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Los sparring que acompañarán a la Roja en Brasil 2014" (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (16 September 2020). "Joan Cruz y Brayan Véjar sorprenden y entran a la nómina de Reinaldo Rueda para el microciclo de Chile". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Brayan Véjar at Soccerway
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- People from Concepción Province, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
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- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
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