| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brandon Aguilera Zamora[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 2003[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Naranjo, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Carmelita | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Alajuelense | 40 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | → Guanacasteca (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2022– | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Estoril (loan) | 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 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 7 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:18, 7 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Brandon Aguilera Zamora (born 28 June 2003) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Costa Rica national team.
Club career
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 teams under 23 squad.[3]
International career
A youth international for Costa Rica since 2018, Aguilera made his senior team debut against the United States on 30 March 2022.[4][5] In November 2022 he was named to the 26-man Costa Rica squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 January 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Guanacasteca (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga FPD | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| Guanacasteca (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga FPD | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Estoril (loan) | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest U21 | 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Two appearances in CONCACAF League, one appearance in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy
Honours
Alajuelense
References
- 1 2 3 "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.
- ↑ "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.
External links
Brandon Aguilera at Athletic updates
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