Jordi Aláez Peña (born 23 January 1998) is an Andorran professional

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who plays as a

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for Inter d'Escaldes and the Andorra national team.

Playing career

Club career

Aláez quickly progressed through the youth ranks of

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, a club based in

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but playing in the

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. As part of the "juvenile" (U18) team, he helped them achieve a near perfect season (25 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss) in 2014–15 to achieve promotion to the third-tier. He was called up to the first squad (playing in the fifth-tier

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) before the start of the 2015–16 season. He made his debut less than a month after his 18th birthday, replacing Alexandre Martínez in the 79' of a 4–0 home win against

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on 14 February 2016.

International career

Youth

Aláez made his debut for the Andorra national under-17 team in October 2013, playing all three matches in the 2014 Euro U17 qualifiers (against

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and

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, respectively). He was 15 years old. He subsequently captained Andorra U17 at the following year's qualifiers, recording one assist in three games as they failed to pass the group stage once again. He also appeared in five matches for the Andorra national under-19 team, three times in the 2015 Euro U19 qualifiers in

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and twice in the 2016 Euro 19 qualifiers in

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. His debut with the Andorra national under-21 team was on 26 March 2015, where he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to the

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Senior

Aláez made his senior international debut for

by playing the full 90 minutes of a 0–0 draw in a friendly against

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on 26 May 2016. Aláez was among the four "fresh faces" with no previous senior international experience that manager Koldo Álvarez decided to include in the 18-man squad the day before the match, showing great confidence in the young players. He earned his second cap a week later, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Alexandre Martínez during a 2–0 loss to

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National team statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Andorra's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Jordi Aláez
at LaPreferente.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alaez, Jordi 1998 births Living people People from Sant Julià de Lòria Andorran people of Spanish descent Andorran people of Catalan descent Andorran men's footballers Andorran beach soccer players Andorra men's international footballers Andorra men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Andorra players Andorra men's under-21 international footballers