Bryan Oviedo

Bryan Oviedo

Oviedo playing for Everton in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Bryan Josué Oviedo Jiménez[1]
Date of birth	(1990-02-18) 18 February 1990
Place of birth	Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Playing position	Left back/Left Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Everton
Number	20
Youth career
	Saprissa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Saprissa	7	(0)
2010–2012	Copenhagen	30	(2)
2011	→ Nordsjælland (loan)	14	(0)
2012–	Everton	50	(2)
National team‡
2009	Costa Rica U20	6	(0)
2010–	Costa Rica	31	(1)
Honours  Costa Rica CONCACAF U-20 C'ship 2009
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of match played 5 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016

Bryan Josué Oviedo Jiménez (born 18 February 1990) is a Costa Rican footballer, currently playing for Everton in the Premier League and the Costa Rica national team.^[3] He was selected for his national squad at the Copa América Centenario. Oviedo has previously represented Saprissa, FC Copenhagen and Nordsjælland.

Club career

Deportivo Saprissa

After his outstanding performance in 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, he had the opportunity to play in the first team, playing some games before leaving for Europe.

F.C. Copenhagen

In early 2010 he began his European adventure, Copenhagen buying his services until 2013. In his first months, he was loaned to FC Nordsjælland and had more participation, even managed to win the 2010–11 Danish Cup. Bryan returned again to the Danish capital for the 2011–2012 season, and made his first official team appearance on 5 May 2010, when Copenhagen finally secured the Danish championship with a 4–0 victory against HB Køge. In the first half of the 2011–2012 season, he managed to break into the starting lineup, benching Pierre Bengtsson.

Everton

On 31 August 2012, Oviedo signed for English Premier League side Everton for an undisclosed fee.^[4] He made his debut as an 85th-minute substitute during a 3–0 away league win over Swansea City in September.^[5] Oviedo was very much a squad player during his first season with Everton as he made 15 league appearances, 14 of those as a substitute.^[6] In 2012, in a starting 11 against Norwich City, Oviedo picked up his first assist for the club. He scored his first goal for Everton on 30 November 2013 in a 4–0 win over Stoke City, also picking up an assist.^[7] Four days later he scored against Manchester United in the 86th minute in a 1–0 win, leading Everton to their first win at Old Trafford in 21 years.^[8]

On 25 January 2014, Oviedo suffered a broken left leg 18 minutes into the Stevenage vs Everton FA Cup Fourth Round tie. He sustained the injury from a tackle on Stevenage midfielder Simon Heslop, a clean break to both his tibia and fibula.^[9]

Immediately after the game, speaking to BT Sport, Everton manager Roberto Martínez said "A real negative today is the unfortunate incident and we need to give Bryan as much support as we can now. He's had a terrific season and I've been very impressed with him. He's an important player in the group and he deserves a speedy recovery. The injury to Bryan affected everyone. Those type of injuries leave a sick taste."^[10] Everton later confirmed that Oviedo would require surgery to heal a double fracture of his left leg.^[11] In May 2014, Oviedo said he was unable to recover from his injury in time to be ready for the 2014 World Cup with his national team.^[12]

Oviedo returned from injury on 23 September in Everton's 3–0 defeat at Swansea City in the second round of the League Cup; he started the match before being replaced after 58 minutes by James McCarthy.^[13]

International career

In 2007, Oviedo represented Costa Rica at the CONCACAF U17 Tournament (a precursor to the CONCACAF U17 Championship). Oviedo played in all three games, beating Trinidad and Tobago 2–0, drawing 0–0 with Canada and losing 2–1 to United States. Costa Rica finished in second place in Group B and successfully qualifying for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.^[14] Oviedo was not selected in the U17 World Cup squad.

Two years later Oviedo was named in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship squad. Oviedo's Costa Rica beat Mexico 1–0 in their opening game, drew 0–0 with Trinidad and Tobago and beat Canada 2–1 in the final group stage game. Oviedo was not named in the team for the semi-final against Honduras but played in the final where Costa Rica beat USA 3–0.^[15] Due to the successful campaign in the U-20 Championship, Costa Rica qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Oviedo retained his place in the national under 20 team and was named in the squad for the U-20 World Cup.

The U20 World Cup did not get off to the best of starts, Oviedo featured in the team lost 5–0 to Brazil in Costa Rica's opening game in Group E. In the second game he helped Costa Rica defeat Australia 3–0 and was also named in the team that lost their final group game against Czech Republic 3–2. The three points were enough to qualify and Costa Rica defeated hosts Egypt 2–0 in front of 81,860 in the knock out stage. Costa Rica beat United Arab Emirates 2–1 after extra time in the quarter finals and lost to Brazil 1–0 at the semi-final stage. The Costa Rican's met Hungary in the third place playoff where they were defeated on penalties after a 1–1 draw.^[16]

He played his first match with the Costa Rican national team against Argentina on 26 January 2010.

Oviedo was named in the Costa Rican squad for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Costa Rica finished second in Group A after opening with a 5–0 win against Cuba, a 1–1 draw with El Salvador ensuring qualification before losing 4–1 to Mexico in the final group stage game. Costa Rica were knocked out of the competition following a penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw with Honduras.^[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2016^[18]

Honours

Club

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2009–10^[19]
• Danish Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12^[19]

Individual

• Danish Cup Player of the Year: 2011–12^[20]

References

External links

• Bryan Oviedo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Bryan Oviedo profile at Soccerway
• Bryan Oviedo – FIFA competition record
• Bryan Oviedo – UEFA competition record
• Profile at EvertonFC.com

Costa Rica squads
Costa Rica squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Navas 2 Calvo 3 Acosta 4 Salvatierra 5 Borges (c) 6 Mora 7 Bolaños 8 Guzmán 9 Saborío 10 Ruiz 11 Madrigal 12 Campbell 14 Oviedo 15 Díaz 16 Ureña 17 Martínez 18 Grant 19 Duarte 20 Marshall 21 Brenes 22 Cubero 23 Moreira 24 Guevara Coach: La Volpe Costa Rica squad – 2016 Copa América Centenario 1 Carvajal 2 Acosta 3 Calvo 4 Umaña 5 Borges 6 Duarte 7 Bolaños 8 Oviedo 9 Saborío 10 Ruiz (c) 11 Venegas 12 Campbell 13 Granados 14 Azofeifa 15 Salvatierra 16 Gamboa 17 Tejeda 18 Pemberton 19 Waston 20 Woodly 21 Ureña 22 Matarrita 23 Moreira Coach: Ramírez