Miguel Brizuela

Miguel Brizuela
Brizuela with O'Higgins in 2026.
Personal information
Full name Miguel Marcelo Brizuela
Date of birth (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 O'Higgins
Number 33
Youth career
River Plate
2011–2019 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2025 Vélez Sarsfield 74 (3)
2024 → Instituto (loan) 24 (0)
2025 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 31 (2)
2026– O'Higgins 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 February 2026

Miguel Marcelo Brizuela (born 5 January 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean club O'Higgins. [3]

Career

Brizuela had a short stint with River Plate, prior to penning terms with Vélez Sarsfield's ranks.[1][4] He is a product of the latter's academy, with their former youth captain making a first-team breakthrough in mid-2019 under manager Gabriel Heinze.[1][5][6] His professional debut arrived on 28 July 2019, as the centre-back was selected to start a Primera División fixture away to Talleres; he played fifty-nine minutes, before being subbed off for Pablo Galdames in an eventual 1–0 loss at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes.[7][8] Brizuela scored his first goal on 3 January 2021 against Newell's Old Boys in the Copa de la Liga Profesional.[7]

O'Higgins

In January 2026, Brizuela ended his contract with Vélez Sarsfield and signed with Chilean club O'Higgins on a deal until December 2027.[9][10]

Personal life

On 9 February 2021, Brizuela was charged - along with Vélez teammate Thiago Almada - with the rape of a 28-year-old woman; which allegedly occurred at a party on 3 December 2020, which was hosted by teammate Juan Martín Lucero to celebrate Vélez advancing in the Copa Sudamericana.[11] Juan José Acosta Delbene, a former manager of Defensa y Justicia's reserves and Argentino, was initially the only person charged.[11] However, in early February, prosecutor Laura Zyseskind charged initial witnesses Brizuela and Almada; while Delbene was on the run.[12] It is claimed that those two, plus Delbene and an unnamed woman, were involved.[11] Two other women, who were later apprehended, reportedly stole items from the victim.[11]

In response to the charging of Brizuela and Almada, Vélez Sarsfield announced on 9 February that both players had been removed from the first-team until the case was concluded.[13] However, the two players were reincorporated into the senior set-up on 16 February after the club claimed to have received new evidence and further information on the case - though the victim's lawyer, Raquel Hermida Leyenda, stated that nothing had changed in the intervening period.[14][15] Brizuela played and scored a day later against Deportivo Camioneros in the Copa Argentina.[16]

Career statistics

As of 18 February 2021.[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2019–20 Primera División 200000000020
2020–21[nb 1] 9100003[a]000121
2021[nb 2] 0011—000011
Career total 11111003000152
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
  2. ↑ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Llegó el debut". Vélez Sarsfield. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Miguel Brizuela". World Football. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. ↑ O'Higgins refuerza la zaga con centrales provenientes de Argentina y Portugal - El Rancagüino, 11 January 2026.
  4. ↑ ""Pensé que no iba a volver a jugar"". Vélez Sarsfield. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Firmó primero". Vélez Sarsfield. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "La reserva de Vélez ya tiene rival en la Copa de la Superliga". Vavel. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 "Argentina - M. Brizuela". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Con una perla de Menéndez, Talleres venció a un desconocido Vélez". IAM Noticias. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Vélez a Fondo - Programa 12/01/26 - SE CAYÓ LO DE MAHER CARRIZO A RIVER? on YouTube
  10. ↑ "Miguel Brizuela llega a reforzar a la Celeste". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). 12 January 2026. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Quién es el entrenador acusado de violar a la joven en la fiesta de la que participaron jugadores de Vélez". Infobae. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Imputaron a los jugadores de Vélez Thiago Almada y Miguel Brizuela en la causa por abuso sexual". Infobae. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Comunicado oficial". Vélez Sarsfield. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Comunicado oficial". Vélez Sarsfield. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "Abuso sexual: Vélez reincorporó a su plantel a Brizuela y Almada". Página12. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "Brizuela y Almada, de la separación del plantel a figuras en Vélez". Olé. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.


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