Bryan Róchez

Bryan Giovanni Róchez Mejía (born 1 January 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as forward for Portuguese club C.D. Nacional and the Honduras national football team.

Bryan Róchez
Personal information
Full name Bryan Giovanni Róchez Mejía
Date of birth (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nacional
Number 35
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Real España 62 (30)
2015–2017 Orlando City 16 (3)
2016 → Orlando City B (loan) 10 (2)
2016 → Real España (loan) 15 (6)
2017 Atlanta United 0 (0)
2017– Nacional 79 (26)
National team‡
2011–2012 Honduras U17 3 (2)
2013–2015 Honduras U20 8 (6)
2014– Honduras 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Róchez and the second or maternal family name is Mejía.

Club career

Real C.D. España

Róchez made his senior debut for Real C.D. España in 2012. During the 2013–14 season Róchez scored 20 league goals for Real C.D. España to finish as the second highest goalscorer in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.[1][2][3]

Orlando City SC

Orlando City beat multiple other MLS teams to secure the signing of Róchez ahead of the 2015 season.[4] He was made one of their designated players alongside Kaká and Carlos Rivas. For their first match on 8 March 2015, a 1–1 home draw against fellow newcomers New York City FC, Róchez entered as a substitute in the 80th minute in place of Lewis Neal.[5] Róchez scored his first goal for Orlando City on 13 September 2015, in a 3–1 win against Sporting Kansas City.

He was loaned to Orlando City B in March 2016.[6]

Atlanta United FC

Having spent the remainder of the 2016–17 season on loan in his native Honduras with former club Real España, Bryan Róchez was waived by Orlando City on 17 March 2017. However Róchez was quickly claimed off waivers by new expansion side Atlanta United FC.[7]

Nacional

Róchez was waived by Atlanta on 22 August 2017 and joined Portuguese LigaPro side C.D. Nacional.[8][9]

International career

Róchez has been capped by Honduras up to senior level. He won the gold medal with the national under-20 team at the 2013 Central American Games.

He was called up to represent Honduras for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two goals, including the game winner, in their first Group F match, a 4–3 win over Uzbekistan.[10]

Career statistics
As of 25 September 2015
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Honduras League Honduran Cup Super Cup CONCACAF Total
Real España 2012–13 Liga Nacional 72———72
2013–14 4020———4020
2014–15 158——31189
United States League US Open Cup MLS Cup CONCACAF Total
Orlando City 2015 MLS 1430000—143
Total
Honduras 62300000006531
United States 8000000080
Career statistics70300000007331

Honduras statistics: Source

Honours

Club
Real España
Nacional

International
Honduras U20

References
  1. "B. Rochez". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ""Gracias a Dios me encontré con el gol": Bryan Rochez". Honduras Futbol. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. "Bryan Róchez: "Me gustaría anotarle al Olimpia y disfrutar ese gol"". Diez. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. Orlando Sentinel (8 December 2014). "Orlando City set to sign Honduran forward Bryan Rochez". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  5. "Orlando City SC 1, New York City FC 1". Major League Soccer. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. "Orlando City SC Loan Seven Players to OCB". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  7. "Orlando City SC Waives Forward Bryan Róchez". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  8. "2017 MLS Transactions". 21 November 2016.
  9. SAPO. "Hondurenho Bryan Rochez é reforço para o Nacional - SAPO Desporto".
  10. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 - Matches - Uzbekistan-Honduras - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.


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