_16_(cropped).jpg) Ojeda withReal Salt Lake in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Itauguá, Paraguay[1] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Position | 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 | 72 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Paraguay U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | Paraguay U20 | 3 | (1) |
| 2020 | Paraguay U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021– | Paraguay | 14 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||
Braian Óscar Ojeda Rodríguez (pronounced "Bry-ahn", born 27 June 2000) is a Paraguayan professionalfootballer who plays as acentral midfielder forReal Salt Lake and theParaguay national team.[3]
Ojeda began his career withParaguayan Primera División teamOlimpia.[3] He was promoted into senior football at the end of the2018 campaign, appearing for his professional debut on 2 December in a 3–2 victory overSol de América; he was substituted off at half-time.[3] Another appearances followed a week later against3 de Febrero, as Olimpia received their forty-second league title.[3] He also participated in threeCopa Paraguay games that year.[4][5] In March 2019, Ojeda renewed his contract.[6][7] In July, after not featuring in2019, Ojeda was loaned out toDefensa y Justicia of theArgentine Primera División.[8][9]
On 31 August 2021, Ojeda moved toEFL Championship sideNottingham Forest on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[10] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw againstLuton Town on 23 November 2021.[11]
On 4 August 2022, Ojeda was loaned toMajor League Soccer sideReal 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]
Ojeda represented Paraguay atU17 andU20 level.[3] He appeared eight times at the2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile, as they qualified for the2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India; where he featured againstMali,New Zealand and theUnited States.[3][15][16] In 2019, Ojeda played three times at theSouth American U-20 Championship.[3][17]
In 2020, Ojeda held representative honours with the Paraguay national under-23 squad at the2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
He made his debut for thesenior squad on 2 September 2021 in aWorld Cup qualifier againstEcuador, a 0–2 away loss. He substitutedHugo Martínez in the 65th minute.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olimpia | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2019–20 | Argentine Primera División | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2021–22 | EFL Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Real Salt Lake (loan) | 2022 | MLS | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Real Salt Lake | 2023 | MLS | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5[d] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4[e] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 2025 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | 4[g] | 3 | 36 | 5 | |||
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 72 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 89 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 140 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 178 | 8 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | |
Olimpia[3]
Nottingham Forest
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