Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional

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who plays as a

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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

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club

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. 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 Ascenso MX, also known as Ascenso BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, was a professional association football league in Mexico and the second level of the Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Primera División A de México (1994–2009 ...

, Jaime Alas was sold to FAS in 2014.

International career

Alas made his debut for

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in an October 2010 friendly match against

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. Jaime Alas was called up by

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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 The 2011 Copa Centroamericana () was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international association football, football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Footb ...

and earned his first goal against the

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on 14 January 2011. Jaime Alas took part at the

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on Jun ...

. On 26 March 2012, he scored a goal in the 90+4' against the

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to send

to the semi-finals of the

2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the thirteenth edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship, CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted association football, footb ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alas goal.''

Honours

;Municipal *

Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

: Clausura 2017, Apertura 2019

References

External links

El Grafico Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alas, Jaime 1989 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Salvadoran twins Salvadoran men's footballers 21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen El Salvador men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders San Salvador F.C. footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers Ballenas Galeana Morelos footballers Rosenborg BK players San Jose Earthquakes players Ascenso MX players Eliteserien players Major League Soccer players Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S.D. Municipal players