Dennis Jonathan Alas Morales (born 10 January 1985 in

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) is a Salvadoran former

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player. He was banned for life in 2013, for

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while playing for the

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. He is the older brother of El Salvador national team member

Jaime Alas Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Municipal and the El Salvador national team. Club career Alas' professional career began in July 2006, ...

Club career

Nicknamed ''Pitbull'', Alas came through the youth ranks at Academia La Chelona and joined San Salvador F.C. in 2001. After sparking interest with his Gold Cup performance, Alas trained with

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club CD Chivas USA in contemplation of a potential move there. Nothing came of this and he return to El Salvador. On December 27, 2007, it was announced that Dennis Alas had signed a one-year contract with

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side

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On July 14, 2008, it was announced by Real Maryland F.C. have terminated Dennis Alas’ contract by mutual consent with the player. The Salvadoran international played a total of 14 games and scored 3 goals and was also selected to the USL-2 team of the week twice including a

Player of the Week honor for his two-goal performance in the 3-2 win over Cleveland. The Salvadoran was on loan to Real Maryland from his former club San Salvador F.C. Due to a clause in his contract he became free when the capital club was relegated to El Salvador’s second division. Alas jumped at the chance to join Salvadoran champions C.D. Luís Ángel Firpo. In September 2014, thanks to the

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not being recognised by FIFA, Alas joined

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. His fellow banned Salvadoran teammates

Cristian Castillo Christian Giovanni Castillo Martínez (born August 25, 1984 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. After being banned, he played for ...

and

José Henríquez José Mardoqueo Henríquez Dubón (born May 24, 1987) is a Salvadoran former footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. He then played for Zeravani SC in the Iraqi Pr ...

joined

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in the Kurdish Premier League, a league also not recognised by FIFA, while

Ramón Sánchez Ramón Alfredo Sánchez Paredes (born May 25, 1982 in San Juan Opico) is a Salvadoran football player. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. Career Club Sánchez has playe ...

subsequently joined

Zakho FC Zakho Sport Club, also spelled as Zaxo Sport Club ( ku-2, یانا زاخو یا وه‌رزشی / ''Yana Zaxo ya Werzişî'') is a sports club based in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan. Zakho SC's biggest rivals are also their neighbours Duhok SC, with wh ...

of the same league.

International career

Alas made his debut for

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in an October 2001 friendly match against

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and has, as of August 2011, earned a total of 63 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 7

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matches and played at several UNCAF Cups as well as at the

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and

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and

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s. On the night of June 7, 2007, he scored the game-winning goal against

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to give

their first win of their 2007 Gold Cup campaign. That night, Alas was named by

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as the Miller Light Player Of The Match. On September 20, 2013, Alas was one of 14 Salvadoran players banned for life due to their involvement with

International goals

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''

References

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