# Brayan Gil

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Not to be confused with [Bryan Gil](/source/Bryan_Gil).

**Brayan Alexander Gil Hurtado** (born 28 June 2001) is a professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for [Russian Premier League](/source/Russian_Premier_League) club [Baltika Kaliningrad](/source/FC_Baltika_Kaliningrad). Born in Colombia, he represents [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador_national_football_team) at international level.

## Club career

### Early career

Brayan "El Comandante" Gil first began training in the lower categories of the Fundación Educando a un Salvadoreño (FESA). He later went to [Brujos Mario Calvo](/source/Brujos_de_Izalco) of the [El Salvador Promotion league](/source/Segunda_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_El_Salvador), becoming top scorer with 15 goals at 17 years of age and won the "Silver Goal" award from the sports magazine *[El Gráfico](/source/El_Gr%C3%A1fico_(El_Salvador))*.[1]

### C.D. FAS

His performances at the youth level earned him a contract to play with [C.D. FAS](/source/C.D._FAS) in the 2019 Apertura Tournament. He finished as the second highest top scorer with 18 goals, including a [hat-trick](/source/Hat-trick#Association_football) against [A.D. Chalatenango](/source/A.D._Chalatenango).[2]

### Baltika Kaliningrad

On 18 January 2025, Gil signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with [Baltika Kaliningrad](/source/FC_Baltika_Kaliningrad) in the [Russian First League](/source/Russian_First_League).[3]

Upon Baltika's return to the Russian Premier League in the [2025–26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Russian_Premier_League) season, Gil began to score regularly and went into the winter break as the second-best league scorer with 10 goals.[4] He finished the season with 13 league goals, as he suffered a foot injury in mid-April and was not able to play for the last several weeks of the season.[5]

## International career

Brayan Gil was eligible to represent [Colombia](/source/Colombia_national_football_team), where he was born, and [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador_national_football_team) through naturalization.[citation needed]

He debuted for [Colombia U20](/source/Colombia_national_under-20_football_team) on 16 December against [Ecuador U20](/source/Ecuador_national_under-20_football_team) in a 5–1 win, and grabbed an assist against Ecuador on 19 December in a friendly.[citation needed]

He made his senior debut for [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador_national_football_team) on 27 March 2023 against the [United States](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team) during the [CONCACAF Nations League](/source/2022-23_CONCACAF_Nations_League) in a 1–0 loss.[citation needed]

## Personal life

Hailing from a footballing family, Brayan has lived continuously in El Salvador since he was 4, as a result of his father's playing career, [Cristian Gil](/source/Cristian_Gil_Mosquera). He is also the brother of both [Cristian Gil Jr.](/source/Cristian_Gil_(footballer,_born_1996)) and [Mayer Gil](/source/Mayer_Gil).[6]

## Career statistics

### Club

[7]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals FAS 2019–20 La Liga Mayor 25 16 0 0 – 25 16 Gent (loan) 2019–20 Jupiler League 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 Alianza Petrolera 2020 Categoría Primera A 7 0 3 3 – 10 3 2021 Categoría Primera A 36 4 1 0 – 37 4 2022 Categoría Primera A 39 8 1 1 – 40 9 Total 82 12 5 4 0 0 87 16 Deportes Tolima 2023 Categoría Primera A 28 4 1 0 3[a] 0 32 4 2024 Categoría Primera A 38 13 2 1 1[a] 0 41 14 Total 66 17 3 1 4 0 73 18 Baltika Kaliningrad 2024–25 Russian First League 11 3 0 0 – 11 3 2025–26 Russian Premier League 24 13 2 0 – 26 13 Total 35 16 2 0 0 0 37 16 Career total 208 61 10 5 4 0 222 66

1. Appearances in [Copa Sudamericana](/source/Copa_Sudamericana)

### International

[8]

National team Year Apps Goals El Salvador 2023 7 2 2024 1 1 2025 9 2 Total 17 5

#### International goals

- *Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.*[9]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 4 July 2023 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States Panama 1–0 2–2 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2 10 September 2023 Estadio Jorge "El Mágico" González, San Salvador, El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 2–3 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A 3 26 March 2024 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States Honduras 1–0 1–1 Friendly 4 7 June 2025 Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla AIA 2–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 5 10 June 2025 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador SUR 1–1 1–1

## References

1. ["FAS ficha al joven goleador de la Segunda División"](https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/fas-ficha-al-joven-goleador-de-la-segunda-division/606040) (in Spanish). *El Grafico*

1. ["Hat-Trick de Brayan Gil en la goleada de FAS al Chalatenango"](https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Hat-Trick-de-Brayan-Gil-en-la-goleada-de-FAS-al-Chalatenango-20191120-0013.html) (in Spanish). *El Grafico*

1. ["ХИЛЬ ПЕРЕХОДИТ В БАЛТИКУ"](https://www.fc-baltika.ru/news/khil_perekhodit_v_baltiku/) [Gil moves to Baltika] (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Хиль из "Балтики" – внезапный бомбардир РПЛ. А кто еще из игроков клуба-новичка так блистал?"](https://www.sports.ru/betting/blogs/3369557.html) [Gil from Baltika is an unexpected scorer of the league] (in Russian). Sports.ru. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.

1. ["Лучшему бомбардиру "Балтики" Хилю потребуется операция из-за травмы"](https://tass.ru/sport/27277923) (in Russian). TASS. 30 April 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.

1. Gutierrez, Omar (22 January 2022). ["Cristian Gil: "Espero ayudar a mi hermano (Brayan) a venir a El Salvador""](https://diario.elmundo.sv/deportes/cristian-gil-espero-ayudar-a-mi-hermano-brayan-a-venir-a-el-salvador) [Cristian Gil: "I hope to help my brother (Brayan) to come to El Salvador"] (in Spanish). *diario.elmundo.sv*. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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