Alejandro Bran

Alejandro Jesús Bran Flores (born 5 March 2001) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga FPD club Alajuelense.^[1]

Alejandro Bran

Alejandro Bran in 2024.
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Jesús Bran Flores
Date of birth	(2001-03-05) 5 March 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Alajuelense
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Jicaral	13	(0)
2021–2022	→ Municipal Grecia (loan)	3	(0)
2022–2024	Herediano	36	(3)
2022–2023	→ Guanacasteca (loan)	26	(0)
2024	→ Minnesota United (loan)	11	(1)
2024	→ Minnesota United 2 (loan)	3	(1)
2024–2025	Minnesota United	0	(0)
2024–2025	→ Burton Albion (loan)	1	(0)
2025	→ Alajuelense (loan)	29	(2)
2025–	Alajuelense	1	(0)
International career‡
2023	Costa Rica U20	8	(0)
2021–	Costa Rica	20	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 June 2025

Career

From San Jose, Costa Rica,^[2] Bran debuted in the Costa Rican first division, Liga FPD with Jicaral. He also played on loan at Municipal Grecia and Guanacasteca, before earning a place in CS Herediano first team.^[3]

In January 2024, he signed for Major League Soccer side Minnesota United FC on loan for the 2024 season, with the option to make the deal permanent.^[4] On 25 February 2024, he scored on his league debut for Minnesota against Austin FC, a stoppage time winner in a 2–1 victory.^[5]

On 5 September 2024, Minnesota opted to make Bran's move to Minnesota permanent and immediately loaned him to EFL League One side Burton Albion until the end of their 2024–25 season, with Burton retaining an option to make the deal permanent.^[6][7] On 5 January 2025, Minnesota recalled Bran from his loan at Burton Albion and loaned him to Alajuelense until the end of December 2025.^[8] He moved to Alajuelense permanently on 19 September 2025.^[9]

International career

He is a Costa Rica international.^[10] He made his debut for Costa Rica's senior team in August 2021, when he was 20 years-old.^[11] In June 2023, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France^[12] with Saudi Arabia.

Career statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2025

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jicaral	2020–21	Liga FPD	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
Municipal Grecia (loan)	2021–22	Liga FPD	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
Herediano	2021–22	Liga FPD	19	0	0	0	—		—		—		19	0
	2023–24	Liga FPD	17	3	0	0	—		4[b]	2	—		21	5
	Total		36	3	0	0	—		—		—		36	3
Guanacasteca (loan)	2022–23	Liga FPD	26	0	0	0	—		—		—		26	0
Minnesota United (loan)	2024	MLS	11	1	0	0	—		—		2[c]	0	13	1
Minnesota United 2 (loan)	2024	MLS Next Pro	3	1	—		—		—		—		3	1
Minnesota United	2024	MLS	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
Burton Albion (loan)	2024–25	League One	1	0	1	0	0	0	—		2[d]	0	4	0
Alajuelense (loan)	2024–25	Liga FPD	23	2	—		—		2[b]	0	—		25	2
Career total			117	7	1	0	0	0	6	2	4	0	128	9

1. Includes Costa Rican Cup, FA Cup
2. Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
4. Appearances in EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 29 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Costa Rica	2021	1	0
	2023	4	0
	2024	8	1
	2025	7	3
Total		20	4

Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Alejandro Bran

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 2024	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Panama	1–1	2–2	2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A
2	25 March 2025	Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica	Belize	2–0	6–1	2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
3				5–1
4	7 June 2025	BFA Technical Centre, Wildey, Barbados	Bahamas	0–3	0–8	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification