Brayan Beckeles

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Brayan Beckeles

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Brayan Antonio Beckeles{{cite news

| title = 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players

| url = http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf

| publisher = FIFA

| page = 19

| date = 11 June 2014

| access-date = 11 June 2014

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045541/http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf

| archive-date = 4 April 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|11|28}}

| birth_place = La Ceiba, Honduras

| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Victoria

| clubnumber = 6

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Vida

| years1 = 2006–2011

| clubs1 = Vida

| caps1 = 94

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2011–2014

| clubs2 = Olimpia

| caps2 = 103

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Boavista

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2015–2019

| clubs4 = Necaxa

| caps4 = 108

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Olimpia

| caps5 = 9

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2020

| clubs6 = Nashville SC

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021–2024

| clubs7 = Olimpia

| caps7 = 59

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2024-

| clubs8 = Victoria

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2019

| nationalteam1 = Honduras

| nationalcaps1 = 66

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 10 September 2023

| ntupdate = 18 June 2019

}}

Brayan Antonio Beckeles (born 28 November 1985) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Nacional club Victoria.

Club career

=Early life=

Beckeles started his career at hometown club Vida for whom he would make his professional debut and whom he would captain.{{cite web|url=http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2011/04/12/Noticias/Beckeles-Lo-bueno-es-que-no-dependemos-de-nadie|title=Beckeles: "Lo bueno es que no dependemos de nadie|language=es|website=laprensa.hn|publisher=La Prensa |date=12 April 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218021637/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2011/04/12/Noticias/Beckeles-Lo-bueno-es-que-no-dependemos-de-nadie|archive-date=18 February 2013}} He then joined giants Olimpia in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2011/06/30/Noticias/Beckeles-Siempre-admire-al-Olimpia|title=Beckeles: "Siempre admiré al Olimpia" |language=es|website=laprensa.hn|publisher=La Prensa|date=30 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217155122/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2011/06/30/Noticias/Beckeles-Siempre-admire-al-Olimpia|archive-date=17 February 2013}}

=Olimpia =

Beckeles made his official debut for the club on 27 July 2011 during the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round against Santos Laguna in a 3–1 defeat where he scored the only goal for the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2011/07/28/Noticias/Olimpia-cuesta-arriba-por-sus-propios-errores|title=Olimpia cuesta arriba por sus propios errores|work=El Heraldo|access-date=27 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116102145/http://www.elheraldo.hn/Ediciones/2011/07/28/Noticias/Olimpia-cuesta-arriba-por-sus-propios-errores|archive-date=16 November 2011|url-status=dead}}

=Nashville SC=

On 4 December 2019, it was announced that Beckeles would join Nashville SC ahead of their inaugural MLS season in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/post/2019/12/04/nashville-sc-signs-honduran-international-brayan-beckeles|title=Nashville SC Signs Honduran International Brayan Beckeles|website=nashvillesc.com|publisher=Nashville SC|date=4 December 2019|access-date=21 May 2020}}

International career

He made his debut for Honduras in a September 2010 friendly match against Canada.{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/09/08/world/friendlies/canada/honduras/983857/|title=Canada vs. Honduras |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccerway|date=8 September 2010|access-date=21 May 2020}} On 26 January 2013, Beckeles scored his first ever goal for the national team in his 11th game, playing at the semi-finals of the 2013 Copa Centroamericana versus Belize. The goal proved to be a crucial one, as Honduras won 1–0 to progress to the final.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/01/26/nc-america/copa-centroamericana/honduras/belize/1401889/|title=Honduras - Belize (2013 Copa Centroamericana)|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|date=26 January 2013|access-date=21 May 2020}} He has represented his country at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2011gc-full.html|title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details |website=RSSSF|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315040517/http://rsssf.com/tables/2011gc-full.html|archive-date=15 March 2013}} On 7 June 2014, he was sent off for two bookable offences in a World Cup warm-up match against England in Miami.{{cite news|last=McNulty|first=Phil|title=England 0-0 Honduras |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27383495|access-date=8 June 2014 |website=BBC Sport|date=8 June 2014}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	25 January 2013	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	{{fb\|BLZ}}	align="center" \| 1–0	align="center" \| 1–0	2013 Copa Centroamericana