Bryan Oviedo

Bryan Oviedo Jiménez Josué (born 18 February 1990 in San José ) is a Costa Rican football player at the position of a defensive and defensive midfielder. He currently plays for Everton in the English Premier League.

• 2.1 CD Saprissa
• 2.2 FC Copenhagen

Career

Career start in Costa Rica

Born in the capital city of San José Oviedo came after he was active in the youth of Deportivo Saprissa first, in 2008 for the first time in the cadre of men's team of the club. When team from Tibás in the province of San José of the then 18- year-old came November 23, 2008 a 0-0 away draw against AD Ramonense to his team debut as he stood from the beginning on the lawn and in the 57th minute through the more experienced Fernando Paniagua was replaced. At the end of the season, the CD Saprissa master of the Costa Rican Apertura 2008 allowed to call after you have lost 0-2 against the LD Alajuelense in the final first leg, the game in the next leg but 3-0 could decide for themselves.

After a further nine league inserts in the Clausura 2009, in which Saprissa namely at the end of the season ranked in Group B in the first place, but then in the semifinal with a total score of 1:2 was eliminated against Municipal Liberia, Oviedo completed his first complete season in the highest costa Rican football league from. At the end Deportivio Saprissa ranked in the final table of the total 2008/09 season with a good distance from the runner-up in the first place. As Apertura champion of CD Saprissa together with the later Clausura champions Municipal Liberia and the best runner- CS Herediano was entitled to participate in the CONCACAF Champions League 2009/10.

There the CD Saprissa along with the CD Cruz Azul, the Columbus Crew and the Puerto Rico Islanders FC has been drawn in Group C. This Oviedo came to a Champions League appearance, as he was on the lawn in the 0-2 defeat against Cruz Azul from the start and was replaced in 55 minutes for Javier Loaiza. Parallel to the Champions League defensive player was further in the official league events of his club in action. It brought the 19 -year-old to seven appearances in the Primera División de Costa Rica. After the good services which he at, put CD Saprissa of the day, a club from Europe became aware of the talent of the young Costa Rican.

Transfer to FC Copenhagen

After he made his debut only a few days earlier for the senior team in his home country, Oviedo signed end of January 2010 at FC Copenhagen a contract with a term of three and a half years. The main reason for the obligation of a defender, which can be used mainly left behind was that a replacement for Oscar Wendt has been sought since this held the position on the left side of defense after the retirement of Niclas Jensen as the sole Copenhagen - professional actor. Immediately after the contract is signed Oviedo flew on to the training camp of FC Copenhagen in Marbella, Spain, where he eventually made ​​his team debut in a training match against Kalmar FF in Sweden.

After further operations in the training camp of the now 20 -year-old finally gave up on 5 May 2010 his debut in the Danish Superliga, when he replaced on the left back position in a 4-0 home win over the HB Køge from the 72 minutes Oscar Wendt. This victory was enough to crown the FC Copenhagen with a comfortable points lead with two laps, after 2008 / 09, one more time to the Danish football champions. So this is the seventh league title in Copenhagen in the last ten years. After successfully defending the young Costa Ricans came in the last two league games again to two short sessions.

Everton FC

On 31 August 2012, he signed with the English Everton a four-year contract.

Internationally

First substantial international experience gained Oviedo in the U-20 national team of his native country, with which he participated, among others, at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Egypt. The defensive player has been employed here in a total of six international matches and finally reached with the team the match for third place, however, where the team was eliminated in a penalty shoot-out against peers from Hungary in fourth place.

For his senior national team debut came Oviedo on 26 January 2010 in a friendly match against Argentina. In the scarce 2:3 defeat of his country, the 19- year-old over the entire match times played through and was flagged in minute 50 with the yellow card.

Achievements

CD Saprissa

FC Copenhagen

• 2x Master of the Danish Super League: 2009/10, 2010/11