Bryan Martín Rabello Mella (born 16 May 1994) is a Chilean professional

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who plays for

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side O'Higgins as an

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Club career

Colo-Colo

Rabello made his competitive first team debut for

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

against

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on 7 October 2009, aged 15, as a 36th-minute substitute for

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in a

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1–0 away victory. In the next season, Rabello made his home debut in a Copa Chile game. Within the same season, he played again as a substitute in a 4–2 victory against

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. On 22 August 2010, the coach of the club

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announced that Rabello would make his first start in a league game against

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. His

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debut came on 25 August against

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as a substitute in a 3–1 home victory at Estadio Monumental. Because of the injury of the Colombian playmaker Macnelly Torres, Diego Cagna opted to start Rabello during the club's last games. His impressive performances made many clubs of Europe interested in him. On 5 December 2010, in the last game of the

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, Rabello scored his first goal for the Cacique in the 50th minute in a 4–2 home victory.

Sevilla

Rabello signed a contract with

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in Spain confirmed by

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, where he began playing on the reserve team,

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. He scored in his first-team debut in a pre-season match against UD Roteña. Rabello made his official debut with the first-team on 3 December 2012 against

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as a first-half substitute, replacing

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in the 27th minute.

Loans & Mexico

In the next two seasons, he was played in

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on loan from Sevilla, and in 2015 signed a year contract with Mexican

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club

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. He played in Mexico with

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and

BUAP The Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla () (BUAP) is the oldest and largest university in Puebla, Mexico. Founded on 15 April 1578 as Colegio del Espíritu Santo, the school was sponsored by the Society of Jesus during most of the Spanis ...

until the summer of 2019. In the summer of 2019, he signed a year contract with

club

C.D. Universidad de Concepción Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción, also known as Universidad de Concepción, are a Chilean Association football, football club based in Concepción, Chile, Concepción, that is a current member of the Primera B de Chile, Primera B. The c ...

Atromitos

On 5 February 2020, he signed a contract until the summer of 2021 with Greek Super League 1 club

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for an undisclosed fee.

Grêmio Novorizontino

In March 2023, Rabello joined

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in the

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O'Higgins

In the second half 2023, he returned to Chile and signed with O'Higgins.

International career

Rabello has been capped at under-17, under-20 and senior levels for Chile. He participated with the under-17 squad in the

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and a tournament organized by Universidad Católica, in 2011. With the under-20 squad, he played an instrumental part in the

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, playing eight matches and scoring a goal from a free kick against

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, in a 1–1 draw, being the goal which decided Chile's qualification to the

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. Rabello has played two matches for the senior squad both in friendlies. His debut came as a substitute in a friendly against

on 21 April 2012. His second match came after his performances in the

, starting the friendly against

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on 8 February 2013, being substituted at half-time.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo * Campeonato Nacional: 2009 Clausura ;Sevilla *

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;Santos Laguna *

: Clausura 2018 *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

External links

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Bryan Rabello
at Football-Lineups * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabello, Bryan 1994 births Living people Footballers from Rancagua Chilean men's footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chile men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Colo-Colo B footballers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Unión Española footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers La Liga players Sevilla FC players Segunda División players Deportivo de La Coruña players CD Leganés players Segunda División B players Sevilla Atlético players Swiss Super League players FC Luzern players Liga MX players Santos Laguna footballers Club Universidad Nacional footballers Lobos BUAP footballers Super League Greece players Atromitos F.C. players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Grêmio Novorizontino players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Competitors at the 2010 South American Games South American Games competitors for Chile