Jordi_Aláez
Jordi Aláez
Andorran footballer and beach soccer player
Jordi Aláez Peña (born 23 January 1998) is an Andorran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Santa Coloma and the Andorra national team.
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.jpg) Aláez in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jordi Aláez Peña | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Santa Coloma | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2015 | FC Andorra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | FC Andorra | ||
| 2019–2020 | FC Santa Coloma | 16 | (6) |
| 2020–2021 | Diagoras | 22 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Ciudad Real | 19 | (4) |
| 2023 | FC Santa Coloma | 4 | (1) |
| 2023 | Cerdanyola | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | FC Santa Coloma | 8 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Andorra U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Andorra U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Andorra U21 | 13 | (4) |
| 2016– | Andorra (beach soccer) | 2 | (0) |
| 2016– | Andorra | 58 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2024 | |||
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.[1] 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 14 February 2016.[2]
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 Serbia, Greece and Estonia, respectively).[3][4] He was 15 years old. He subsequently captained Andorra U17 at the following year's qualifiers,[5] 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 26 March 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 26 May 2016.[6][7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10]
- As of match played 19 November 2018[11]
| Andorra | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| Total | 50 | 3 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Andorra's goal tally first.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 September 2018 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Kazakhstan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
| 2. | 25 March 2022 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 10 June 2022 |  Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League D |
- Canes, Albert (May 29, 2015). "Esforç i humilitat, les claus de l'ascens" (in Catalan). El Periòdic d'Andorra. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- "F.C. Andorra 4 - U.A. Horta 0" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "La selecció andorrana de futbol empata davant d'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Cadena SER. March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "Una sòlida Andorra empata sense gols contra l'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Diari d'Andorra. May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- Cano, Sergi (May 26, 2016). "Koldo obre la porta als joves Aláez, Martínez i Matos" (in Catalan). Diari d'Andorra. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "Koldo Álvarez aposta per les cares noves a l'amistós contra l'Azerbaidjan" (in Catalan). Andorra Difusió. May 19, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- "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.
- "Jordi Aláez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- Jordi Aláez at ESPN FC
- Jordi Aláez at Soccerway
- Jordi Aláez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jordi Aláez at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Jordi Aláez – UEFA competition record (archive)