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Jaime Alas
Alas with Rosenborg in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jaime Enrique Alas Morales
Date of birth (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Antigua
Number 14
Youth career
2006 San Salvador
2006–2009 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Luis Ángel Firpo 34 (6)
2012–2013 Rosenborg 3 (0)
2013 → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 5 (0)
2014 Ballenas Galeana 9 (2)
2014–2015 FAS 15 (3)
2015–2023 Municipal 343 (10)
2023- Antigua 0 (0)
International career‡
2010– El Salvador 75 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Antigua, and the El Salvador national team.[1]

Club career

Alas' professional career began in July 2006, at the age of 16, when he signed a contract with the now defunct Salvadoran club San Salvador. Shortly after, he moved to Argentina to play in the reserves of River Plate. He spent four years at the club before returning to El Salvador in 2010 to join Luis Ángel Firpo.[2]

On 29 June 2012, Alas signed a three year contract with Rosenborg, and joined the club when the Norwegian transfer window opened on 1 August 2012.[3] He made his debut in a Europa League Qualification match against Servette.

Alas only played a total of seven matches for Rosenborg until he in July 2013 signed a loan deal with the San Jose Earthquakes that lasted until the end of the season in December. After he returned from loan, he transferred to the Mexican second-tier team Ballenas Galeana.[4] in May 2014 it was announced Ballenas Galeana was sold to Club Irapuato in the Mexican Ascenso MX, Jaime Alas was sold to FAS in 2014.

International career

Alas made his debut for El Salvador in an October 2010 friendly match against Panama. Jaime Alas was called up by José Luis Rugamas to train with the senior team in preparation for the 2011 Central American Cup in January 2010.[5] He was successfully able to participate in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana and earned his first goal against the Nicaragua national football team on 14 January 2011. Jaime Alas took part at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On 26 March 2012, he scored a goal in the 90+4' against the United States to send El Salvador to the semi-finals of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 September 2013
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosenborg 2012[7][8] Tippeligaen 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2013[7] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
San Jose Earthquakes 2013[8] MLS 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 0
Career total 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0

International

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alas goal.
List of international goals scored by Jaime Alas
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 January 2011 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Nicaragua 2–0 2011 Copa Centroamericana
2 16 January 2011 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Belize 5–2 2011 Copa Centroamericana
3 29 March 2011 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Jamaica 2–3 Friendly
4 11 October 2011 Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador  Cayman Islands 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 26 May 2012 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States  Moldova 2–0 Friendly
6 11 September 2012 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana  Guyana 3–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Municipal

References

  1. ^ "Jaime Alas no pudo ganar el título con el Municipal". El Gráfico.
  2. ^ Jaime Alas ya tiene su transferencia internacional Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine La Prensa Grafica (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Hammervik, Martin; Persson, Aksel Kroglund (29 June 2012). "Her er Rosenborgs nye spiller". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  4. ^ Stenseth, Jørgen (11 January 2014). "Alas til Mexico" [Alas to Mexico] (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Preliminary squad released" (in Spanish). El Grafico. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2010. |
  6. ^ "Olympic Qualifying 2012". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Jaime Alas". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB.
  8. ^ a b "Jaime Alás » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

External links

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