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

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and the El Salvador national team.

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 in 2010 to El Salvador to join

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. 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. He made his debut in a Europa League Qualification match against

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. 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

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in the Mexican

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, 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

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and earned his first goal against the

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on 14 January 2011. Jaime Alas took part at the

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. 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

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

;Municipal *

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: Clausura 2017, Apertura 2019

References

External links

El Grafico Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alas, Jaime 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from San Salvador Salvadoran twins Twin sportspeople Salvadoran footballers El Salvador international footballers 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 footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in Mexico 2011 Copa Centroamericana players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 Copa Centroamericana players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players C.S.D. Municipal players