Brayan Josué Cortés Fernández (born 11 March 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays as

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for Primera División club

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and the Chile national team.

Club career

Deportes Iquique

Born in Iquique, Chile, he played as

since he was five and joined hometown

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youth set-up aged fourteen. He was promoted to the first adult team in 2013 and his professional debut came one year later on 30 March 2014, where conceded three goals in a 3–0 away loss with

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. After completing the 2013–14 with two appearances and a

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(as back-up), Cortés was chosen as the coming season first-choice keeper by Héctor Pinto after Rodrigo Naranjo injury. He played the tournament's first five matches, highlighting his performances against powerhouses

(2–0 loss) and

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(2–2 draw) that kept him some games more in the goal after returning the bench with Naranjo fully recovered. He completed the 2014–15 season with eight appearances.

International career

Chilean under-20 team

Cortés participated for Chile U20 at the 2013 South American Youth Football Championship, where the U20s reached its qualification to

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. He played one game during the contest in a 3–2 group stage win over

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, being chosen as the

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. Prior the Youth World Cup held in

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, Cortés played some exhibition games, highlighting a 4–4 draw with

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where he performed well during the ninety minutes and saved a shoot during the penalties which bring to Chile the victory. On 31 May 2015, Cortés was included by Mario Salas in the 23-man roster to face the category's World Cup. In 2015, he was included again in a Chilean national under-20 team roster, after being nominated by

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to the

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. Cortes played in the Estadio La Corregidora in Querétaro, Mexico for the Chile national team against Mexico.

Chile under-23 team

Despite he aged 27, he represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the

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Honours

Club

;Deportes Iquique *

(1): 2013–14 Colo-Colo *

(2):

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* Supercopa de Chile (2):

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cortes, Brayan 1995 births Living people People from Iquique Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chilean Primera División players 2013 South American Youth Championship players Deportes Iquique footballers Colo-Colo footballers Association football goalkeepers 2019 Copa América players