Brayan Emanuel Vera Ramírez (born 15 January 1999) is a Colombian football player who plays as a defender for

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Career

He grew up in the Itagui Leones. On 13 June 2019 he left the club by moving to Italian side

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

. He finished his first

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season with 8 appearances, 1 of them as a starter. On 5 October 2020 he joined

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club

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

on loan. On 4 March 2022, Vera moved on loan to

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

until the end of 2022. On 19 December 2022, América de Cali announced that the transfer will be made permanent for the 2023 season. On 13 February 2023, Vera signed with

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side

on a three-year deal.

Personal life

On 26 August 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.

References

1999 births Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Living people Colombian footballers Association football forwards Colombia under-20 international footballers Leones F.C. footballers U.S. Lecce players Cosenza Calcio players Real Salt Lake players América de Cali footballers Categoría Primera A players Serie A players Serie B players Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub