Jordi Aláez

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

This article uses Catalan naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Aláez and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Jordi Aláez
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(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Santa Coloma
Number 18
Youth career
–2015 FC Andorra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 FC Andorra ? (?)
2019– FC Santa Coloma 8 (2)
National team‡
2013–2014 Andorra U17 6 (0)
2015– Andorra U19 8 (0)
2015– Andorra U21 11 (2)
2016– Andorra (beach soccer) 2 (0)
2016– Andorra 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

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
As of match played 19 November 2018[1]
Andorra national team
YearAppsGoals
201650
201770
201851
Total171

International goals
Scores and results list Andorra's goal tally first.[1]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2018Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Kazakhstan1–11–12018–19 UEFA Nations League D

References
  1. "Jordi Aláez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. 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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