Jaime Alas


Jaime Enrique Alas Morales is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya.

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.
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. 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. 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. 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.

Career statistics

Club

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 January 2011Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama2–02011 Copa Centroamericana
216 January 2011Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama5–22011 Copa Centroamericana
329 March 2011Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador2–3Friendly
411 October 2011Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador4–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
526 May 2012Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States2–0Friendly
611 September 2012Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana3–22014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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