| Brandon Cortés | |
| Fullname: | Brandon William Cortés Bustos |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Barracas, Argentina[1] |
| Height: | 1.78 m[2] |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder[3] |
| Currentclub: | Nueva Chicago (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventud Unida de Barracas |
| Youthclubs2: | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Youthyears3: | 2012–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | Boca Juniors |
| Years1: | 2019– |
| Clubs1: | Boca Juniors |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Universidad de Chile (loan) |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Central Córdoba SdE (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Clubs4: | → Nueva Chicago (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 5 July 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 18:26, 28 December 2020 (UTC) |
Brandon William Cortés Bustos (born 26 June 2001) is an Argentine-Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Nueva Chicago, on loan from Boca Juniors.[4]
Cortés is a product of the Boca Juniors youth set-up; signing in 2012 after spells with Juventud Unida de Barracas and Vélez Sarsfield.[5] [6] [7] He was moved into the first-team by manager Gustavo Alfaro in 2018–19, with his first experience of senior football arriving on 2 April 2019 as he was an unused substitute in the Copa Libertadores against Athletico Paranaense.[4] [8] Cortés, who is of Chilean descent, subsequently made his professional bow days later, aged seventeen, in an away draw versus Aldosivi in the Primera División; he was substituted on in place of Sebastián Villa after eighty-three minutes.[4] [9]
After one further match for Boca, versus Río Cuarto's Estudiantes in the Copa Argentina, Cortés departed on loan in November 2020 to Universidad de Chile; penning terms until December 2021.[10] He immediately made appearances later that month against Santiago Wanderers, Unión La Calera and Everton in the Primera División.[4]
In the first half of 2024, Cortés was loaned out to Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero. In the second half of the same year, he was loaned out to Nueva Chicago on a deal until December 2025 with an option to buy.[11] [12]
Cortés, who is eligible to play for Chile or Argentina, trained with the Chile U17s ahead of the 2017 FIFA World Cup, though didn't make the final cut due to paperwork issues.[1] [9] [13] [14] In July 2019, Cortés was called up by the Argentina U18s for that year's L'Alcúdia International Tournament in Spain.[15] Argentina beat Mauritania in match one, with Cortés netting a goal in a 4–1 win.[16]
In January 2023, Cortés was called up to a training microcycle of Chile U23 under Eduardo Berizzo.[17] [18]
Cortés was born in Argentina to Chilean parents. He holds dual Argentine-Chilean nationality.[19] [20]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Boca Juniors | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Universidad de Chile (loan) | 2020 | Chilean Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||