Brayan Vera
{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brayan Vera
| image =
| full_name = Brayan Emanuel Vera Ramírez{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Colombia |publisher=FIFA |page=2 |date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = San Luis, Colombia
| height = 1.80 m
| currentclub = Real Salt Lake
| clubnumber = 4
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Leones
| years1 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = Leones
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = Lecce
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = → Cosenza (loan)
| caps3 = 22
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022
| clubs4 = → América de Cali (loan)
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2023
| clubs5 = América de Cali
| caps5 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023–
| clubs6 = Real Salt Lake
| caps6 = 48
| goals6 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Colombia U20
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2023–
| nationalteam2 = Colombia
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|COL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Central American and Caribbean Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Barranquilla|}}
| pcupdate = 17:13, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 16 December 2023
}}
Brayan Emanuel Vera Ramírez (born 15 January 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Real Salt Lake.{{Soccerway|brayan-emanuel-vera-ramirez/514162}}
Career
He grew up in the Itagui Leones.
On 13 June 2019 he left the club by moving to Italian side Lecce.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=13 June 2019|title=Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Vera Ramirez|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/237327781382/ufficiale-l-039-acquisizione-di-vera-ramirez|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613111510/http://www.uslecce.it/news/237327781382/ufficiale-l-039-acquisizione-di-vera-ramirez |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date=27 August 2020|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=it}} He finished his first Serie A season with 8 appearances, 1 of them as a starter.
On 5 October 2020 he joined Serie B club Cosenza on loan.{{cite web|publisher=Cosenza|url=http://www.ilcosenza.it/2020/10/05/brayan-vera-e-del-cosenza/|title=BRAYAN VERA È DEL COSENZA!|date=5 October 2020|language=Italian}}
On 4 March 2022, Vera moved on loan to América de Cali until the end of 2022.{{cite press release|publisher=Lecce|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/236052712966/ceduto-vera|title=CEDUTO VERA|date=4 March 2022|access-date=21 March 2022|language=it}} On 19 December 2022, América de Cali announced that the transfer will be made permanent for the 2023 season.{{cite web|publisher=América de Cali|url=https://www.americadecali.co/brayan-vera-es-100-escarlata/|title=Brayan Vera es 100% Escarlata|date=19 December 2022|access-date=17 January 2023|language=es}}
On 13 February 2023, Vera signed with Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake on a three-year deal.{{cite web | url=https://www.rsl.com/news/real-salt-lake-adds-defender-brayan-vera-from-colombian-power-cd-america-de-cali | title=Real Salt Lake Adds Defender Brayan Vera from Colombian Power CD América de Calí | Real Salt Lake }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 12 November 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leones
|2018 |1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Lecce
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | |||
| Cosenza (loan)
|Serie B |22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|América de Cali
|2022 |Categoría Primera A |27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2023
|Categoría Primera A |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| Real Salt Lake
|2023 |MLS |24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6{{efn|Three appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs, three appearances in Leagues Cup}} | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!85 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 3 |
;Notes
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=International=
{{updated|match played 16 December 2023}}
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|Colombia
|2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 1 | 0 |
Personal life
On 26 August 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=26 August 2020|title=Vera positivo al COVID-19, squadra in isolamento|url=http://www.uslecce.it/news/257057787398/vera-positivo-al-covid-19-squadra-in-isolamento|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827170851/http://www.uslecce.it/news/257057787398/vera-positivo-al-covid-19-squadra-in-isolamento |archive-date=2020-08-27 |access-date=27 August 2020|publisher=U.S. Lecce|language=it}}
Honours
Lecce
References
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External links
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{{Real Salt Lake squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vera, Brayan}}
Category:Footballers from Antioquia Department
Category:Colombian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Colombia men's under-20 international footballers
Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen
Category:Leones F.C. footballers
Category:Cosenza Calcio players
Category:Real Salt Lake players
Category:América de Cali footballers
Category:Categoría Primera A players
Category:Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Colombia men's international footballers
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
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