Jordi Aláez

Jordi Aláez

Jordi Aláez in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jordi Aláez Peña
Date of birth (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998
Place of birth Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Andorra
Youth career
–2015 FC Andorra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– FC Andorra 1 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Andorra U17 6 (0)
2015– Andorra U19 5 (0)
2015– Andorra U21 6 (0)
2016– Andorra (beach soccer) 2 (0)
2016– Andorra 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016

Jordi Aláez (born 23 January 1998) is an Andorran footballer and beach soccer player for FC Andorra, the Andorra national beach soccer team and the Andorra national team.[1]

Playing career

Club career

Aláez quickly progressed through the youth ranks of FC Andorra, a club based in Andorra but playing in the Spanish football league system. 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.[2] He was called up to the first squad (playing in the fifth-tier Primera Catalana) 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 UA Horta on February 14, 2016.[3]

International debut

Youth

Aláez made his debut for the Andorra under-17 national team in October 2013, playing all three matches in the 2014 Euro U17 qualifiers (against Serbia, Greece and Estonia, respectively).[4][5] He was 15 years old. He subsequently captained Andorra U17 at the following year's qualifiers,[6] 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 Poland and twice in the 2016 Euro 19 qualifiers in Romania.

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

Senior

Aláez made his senior international debut for Andorra by playing the full 90 minutes of a 0-0 draw in a friendly against Azerbaijan on May 26, 2016.[7][8] 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.[9][10] He earned his second cap a week later, coming on as a 65' substitute for Alexandre Martínez during a 2-0 loss to Estonia in Tallinn.[11]

National team statistics

Andorra national team
YearAppsGoals
201620
Total20

References

  1. ↑ "Jordi Aláez". National Football Teams. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Canes, Albert (May 29, 2015). "Esforç i humilitat, les claus de l'ascens" (in Catalan). El Periòdic d'Andorra. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "F.C. Andorra 4 - U.A. Horta 0" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Convocatòria de la selecció sub17 per la fase que tindrà lloc a Sèrbia" (in Catalan). Andorran Football Federation. September 26, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "La selecció sub17 mereix l'empat contra la favorita Grècia que marca al 79'" (in Catalan). Andorran Football Federation. October 3, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Romania només pot superar a Andorra de penal en la clausura del mini-torneig" (in Catalan). Andorran Football Federation. September 30, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ "La selecció andorrana de futbol empata davant d'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Cadena SER. March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Una sòlida Andorra empata sense gols contra l'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Diari d'Andorra. May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  9. ↑ Cano, Sergi (May 26, 2016). "Koldo obre la porta als joves Aláez, Martínez i Matos" (in Catalan). Diari d'Andorra. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Koldo Álvarez aposta per les cares noves a l'amistós contra l'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Andorra Difusió. May 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Derrota ajustada de la Selecció a Tallinn en el centenari d'Ilde Lima (2-0)" (in Catalan). Andorran Football Federation. June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
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