Brayan Vera
_14_(cropped).jpg) Vera with Real Salt Lake in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Brayan Emanuel Vera Ramírez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Luis, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | CF Montréal | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Leones | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Leones | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Lecce | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Cosenza (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → América de Cali (loan) | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | América de Cali | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Real Salt Lake | 75 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Real Monarchs | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | CF Montréal | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Colombia U20 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Colombia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:17, 2 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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Brayan Emanuel Vera Ramírez (born 15 January 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.[2]
Career
Vera as a Leones youth product.
On 13 June 2019, he left the club by moving to Italian side Lecce.[3] He finished his first Serie A season with eight appearances, one of them as a starter.
On 5 October 2020, he joined Serie B club Cosenza on loan.[4]
On 4 March 2022, Vera moved on loan to América de Cali until the end of 2022.[5] On 19 December 2022, América de Cali announced that the transfer will be made permanent for the 2023 season.[6]
On 13 February 2023, Vera signed with Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake on a three-year deal.[7]
On 10 December 2025, Vera signed with Major League Soccer club CF Montréal.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leones | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lecce | 2019–20 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| América de Cali | 2022 | Categoría Primera A | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Categoría Primera A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Real Salt Lake | 2023 | MLS | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2024 | MLS | 24 | 2 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2025 | MLS | 27 | 1 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Total | 75 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 92 | 6 | ||
| Real Monarchs | 2025 | MLS Next Pro | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 137 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 162 | 6 | ||
- Notes
- ↑ Three appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs, three appearances in Leagues Cup
- ↑ One appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs, two appearances in Leagues Cup
- ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup
- ↑ One appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs, three appearances in Leagues Cup
International
- As of match played 16 December 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Lecce
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ↑ Brayan Vera at Soccerway
- ↑ "Ufficiale l'acquisizione di Vera Ramirez" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 13 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ "BRAYAN VERA È DEL COSENZA!" (in Italian). Cosenza. 5 October 2020.
- ↑ "CEDUTO VERA" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecce. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ "Brayan Vera es 100% Escarlata" (in Spanish). América de Cali. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ "Real Salt Lake Adds Defender Brayan Vera from Colombian Power CD América de Calí | Real Salt Lake".
- ↑ "CF Montréal acquires Brayan Vera from Real Salt Lake". CF Montréal. 10 December 2025.
External links
- Brayan Vera at Soccerway.com
- Brayan Vera at FBref.com
- Brayan Vera at Kicker (in German)
- Brayan Vera at Major League Soccer
- Brayan Vera at InterSportStats
Categories:
- Living people
- 1999 births
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Colombian men's footballers
- Footballers from Antioquia Department
- Men's association football defenders
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Colombia men's under-20 international footballers
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
- Categoría Primera A players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Major League Soccer players
- Itagüí Leones F.C. footballers
- US Lecce players
- Cosenza Calcio players
- Real Salt Lake players
- América de Cali footballers
- CF Montréal players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Footballers at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Colombian football forward stubs