Brian Span

Brian "Cobi" Span (born February 23, 1992) is an Costa Rican-American soccer player who plays for Vasteras SK.

Club Career

Span started out playing for FC Westchester as a youth player at age twelve. He stayed there for seven years and then went on to play two years of college soccer at the University of Virginia, scoring 12 goals and registering 8 assists during that time.

During the summer of 2011 he trained in Europe with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Orebro SK in Sweden. After his sophomore season that autumn, the winger felt ready to go professional but MLS did not offer him a Generation Adidas contract. Instead, the North Salem native signed a two-year deal with Djurgardens IF in Swedish Allsvenskan.

Djurgardens IF

Span made his debut on May 20, 2012. He came on at the 65th minute, replacing Ricardo Santos, and played the rest of the match. Three days later he scored his first professional goal in his first game as a starter to equalize 1–1 against Helsingborgs IF.