Jaime Alas

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

Jaime Alas
Personal information
Full name Jaime Enrique Alas Morales
Date of birth (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Municipal
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– Municipal 236 (8)
National team‡
2010– El Salvador 73 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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 in 2010 to El Salvador to join Luis Ángel Firpo.[2]

On 29 June 2012, Alas signed a contract with Rosenborg until the end of the 2015-season. He 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]

International goals

El Salvador's goal tally first.

Club
As of 20 September 2013.
Season Club League League Cup League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2012RosenborgTippeligaen3000002050
20130020000020
Rosenborg total 3020002070
2013San Jose EarthquakesMLS5000003080
San Jose Earthquakes total 5000003080
Career total 80200040150

References
  1. "Jaime Alas no pudo ganar el título con el Municipal". El Gráfico.
  2. Jaime Alas ya tiene su transferencia internacional 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. Retrieved 30 December 2010. |
  6. "Olympic Qualifying 2012". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.
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