Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brandon Aguilera Zamora [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 June 2003||
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 | 2 | (0) |
2023 | → Estoril (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2024 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 12 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Costa Rica U15 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Costa Rica U17 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Costa Rica U20 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Costa Rica | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:16, 15 April 2024 (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.
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 team's under 23 squad. [3]
On 1 February 2024, Aguilera joined League One club Bristol Rovers on loan until the end of the season. [4] He made an impressive debut for the club two days after signing, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Exeter City, smashing the ball into the top corner from twenty yards. [5] [6] In just his third match of his loan spell however, he picked up a hamstring injury, having to temporarily return to his parent club. [7] At the Bristol Rovers end of season awards, he was awarded the club's Goal of the Season for his debut strike. [8]
A youth international for Costa Rica since 2018, Aguilera made his senior team debut against the United States on 30 March 2022. [9] [10] In November 2022 he was named to the 26-man Costa Rica squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 | ||
2023–24 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Guanacasteca (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga FPD | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
2022–23 | Liga FPD | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
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 | |||||
Bristol Rovers (loan) | 2023–24 [13] | League One | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |||
Career total | 81 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Costa Rica | 2022 | 8 | 0 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 |
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