Jaime Alas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alas and the second or maternal family name is Morales.

Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya.

Jaime Alas

Alas with Rosenborg in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Jaime Enrique Alas Morales
Date of birth	(1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Guastatoya
Youth career
2006	San Salvador
2006–2009	River Plate
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Luis Ángel Firpo	34	(6)
2012–2013	Rosenborg	3	(0)
2013	→ San Jose Earthquakes (loan)	5	(0)
2014	Ballenas Galeana	9	(2)
2014–2015	FAS	15	(3)
2015–2023	Municipal	343	(10)
2023-2024	Antigua	34	(0)
2024-	Guastatoya	14	(1)
International career‡
2010–	El Salvador	75	(6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019

Club career

Alas' professional career began in July 2006, at the age of 16, when he signed a contract with the now defunct Salvadoran club San Salvador. 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] In May 2014, it was announced Ballenas Galeana was sold to Club Irapuato in the Mexican Ascenso MX, Jaime Alas was sold to FAS in 2014.

International career

Alas made his debut for El Salvador in an October 2010 friendly match against Panama. Jaime Alas was called up by José Luis Rugamas to train with the senior team in preparation for the 2011 Central American Cup in January 2010.^[4] He was successfully able to participate in the 2011 Copa Centroamericana and earned his first goal against the Nicaragua national football team on 14 January 2011. Jaime Alas took part at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. On 26 March 2012, he scored a goal in the 90+4' against the United States to send El Salvador to the semi-finals of the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 September 2013

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rosenborg	2012[6][7]	Tippeligaen	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
	2013[6]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
San Jose Earthquakes	2013[7]	MLS	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
Career total			8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13	0

International

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

List of international goals scored by Jaime Alas

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua		2–0	2011 Copa Centroamericana
2	16 January 2011	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize		5–2	2011 Copa Centroamericana
3	29 March 2011	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Jamaica		2–3	Friendly
4	11 October 2011	Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador	Cayman Islands		4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	26 May 2012	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States	Moldova		2–0	Friendly
6	11 September 2012	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	Guyana		3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Municipal

• Liga Nacional de Guatemala: Clausura 2017, Apertura 2019