Alex Comas

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Alex Comas
Personal information
Full name Alex Javier Comas Yacomelo
Date of birth (1971-11-14) 14 November 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991 Independiente Medellín
1992 Atlético Junior
1993 Unión Magdalena
1994 Deportes Quindío 45 (24)
1995 América de Cali
1995–1996 San Lorenzo 4 (0)
1997–1999 Atlético Nacional
1999 Atlético Junior 26 (7)
2000–2001 MetroStars 37 (15)
2002 Atlético Junior
2002–2003 Carabobo
2003 Deportes Tolima 21 (3)
2004–2005 Deportes La Serena
2006 Real Cartagena 7 (0)
2006 Santiago Morning 11 (4)
2007 Unión Magdalena
2007–2008 Aragua 3 (0)
International career
1998 Colombia 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex Javier Comas Yacomelo (born 14 November 1971) is a Colombian former professional association football player. Throughout his career he has played in five countries and has even featured for the Colombia national team.

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Biography

Playing career

In preparation of the 2000 Major League Soccer season, then-MetroStars manager, Octavio Zambrano, was looking for a strike partner for Adolfo Valencia. [1] After viewing a videotape of Comas, Zambrano invited the Colombian to join the MetroStars for training camp where he impressed enough to earn a contract. [1] Comas quickly formed a partnership with Valencia in the MetroStars attack and the two opened the season by each scoring a goal against rival club, D.C. United in front of 27,322 fans at Giants Stadium. [2]

International career

Comas has made a few appearances for the Colombia national team. [1] One of those appearances was against Paraguay in a friendly before the 1998 FIFA World Cup, though Comas was not named to the roster for the World Cup in France. [1]

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USALeague Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2000 MetroStars MLS 2513
2001 122
TotalCountry3715--------
Career total--

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Unheralded Comas could be among best foreign acquisitions this season". SoccerTimes.com. 7 April 2000. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  2. Yannis, Alex (2 April 2000). "MetroStars Win Behind Valencia And Comas". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

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