Jordi Aláez

Jordi Aláez Peña (born 23 January 1998) is an Andorran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atlètic 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

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 9 September 2018 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 1–1 1–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D 2. 25 March 2022 1–0 1–0 Friendly 3. 10 June 2022 1–0 2–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League D 4. 4 June 2026 Estadi de la FAF, Encamp, Andorra 2–0 2–0 Friendly