Brayan Beckeles

Brayan Beckeles
Personal information
Full name Brayan Antonio Beckeles[1]
Date of birth (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Right back
Team information
Current team
Leones HT6
Number 6
Youth career
Vida
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Vida 94 (1)
2011–2014 Olimpia 103 (5)
2014–2015 Boavista 26 (0)
2015–2019 Necaxa 108 (2)
2019–2020 Olimpia 9 (2)
2020 Nashville SC 2 (0)
2021–2024 Olimpia 79 (1)
2024–2025 Victoria 18 (0)
2025– Leones HT6 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2019 Honduras 66 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2019

Brayan Antonio Beckeles (born 28 November 1985) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Leones HT6.

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.[2] He then joined giants Olimpia in 2011.[3]

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.[4]

Nashville SC

On 4 December 2019, it was announced that Beckeles would join Nashville SC ahead of their inaugural MLS season in 2020.[5]

International career

He made his debut for Honduras in a September 2010 friendly match against Canada.[6] 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.[7] He has represented his country at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8] On 7 June 2014, he was sent off for two bookable offences in a World Cup warm-up match against England in Miami.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 January 2013Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Belize1–01–02013 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Club

Necaxa

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Beckeles: "Lo bueno es que no dependemos de nadie". laprensa.hn (in Spanish). La Prensa. 12 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ "Beckeles: "Siempre admiré al Olimpia"". laprensa.hn (in Spanish). La Prensa. 30 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Olimpia cuesta arriba por sus propios errores". El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Nashville SC Signs Honduran International Brayan Beckeles". nashvillesc.com. Nashville SC. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Canada vs. Honduras". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Honduras - Belize (2013 Copa Centroamericana)". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013.
  9. ↑ McNulty, Phil (8 June 2014). "England 0-0 Honduras". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2014.