Brayan Ceballos
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File:Brayan Ceballos Revolution Nashville 6.25.25-068 (cropped).jpg Ceballos with the New England Revolution in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brayan Andrés Ceballos Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | New England Revolution | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universitario Popayán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Universitario Popayán | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Deportes Quindío | 38 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Fortaleza | 47 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Junior (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2024 | → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2025– | New England Revolution | 12 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025 | |||
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Brayan Andrés Ceballos Jiménez (born 24 May 2001) is a Colombian footballer who plays as central defender for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]Born in Cali, Ceballos was an Universitario Popayán youth graduate, and made his senior debut on 11 April 2018, starting in a 1–0 away win over Deportes Quindío, for the year's Copa Colombia. After five more Categoría Primera B appearances, he moved to the latter club, owned by the same group of businessmen.[3]
Initially a backup option, Ceballos became a regular starter for the club in the 2021 season, helping in their promotion to the Categoría Primera A in the Torneo I. He made his top tier debut on 17 July 2021, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home success over Jaguares de Córdoba.
Ceballos scored his first senior goal on 17 August 2021, netting the opener in a 2–3 home loss against Atlético Bucaramanga.[4] He featured in 11 matches in the main category, as his side was immediately relegated back.
Fortaleza
[edit | edit source]On 16 December 2021, Ceballos moved abroad and signed a three-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Fortaleza.[5]
New England Revolution
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On 13 December 2024 Ceballos signed with Major League Soccer club New England Revolution.[2] Ceballos made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against Nashville SC on 22 February.[6] He received MLS team of the matchday honors for week 1.[7]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 29 December 2022[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universitario Popayán | 2018 | Categoría Primera B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Deportes Quindío | 2019 | Categoría Primera B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 1 | ||||
| Fortaleza | 2022 | Série A | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Career total | 59 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 1 | ||
- ^ One appearance in Campeonato Cearense, five appearances in Copa do Nordeste.
Honours
[edit | edit source]Fortaleza
Atlético Junior
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External links
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Cali
- Colombian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Categoría Primera A players
- Categoría Primera B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Universitario Popayán footballers
- Deportes Quindío footballers
- Fortaleza Esporte Clube players
- Atlético Junior footballers
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Major League Soccer players
- New England Revolution players