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Andorran footballer and beach soccer player

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Aláez and the second or maternal family name is Peña; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Jordi Aláez
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 Inter d'Escaldes
Number 23
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)
2024– Inter d'Escaldes 0 (0)
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 59 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 September 2024

Jordi Aláez Peña (born 23 January 1998) is an Andorran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Inter d'Escaldes and the Andorra national team.

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. 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.

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). 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 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. 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 Estonia in Tallinn.

National team statistics

As of match played 19 November 2018
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.
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

References

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

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