| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alex Javier Comas Yacomelo | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-11-14) 14 November 1971 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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.
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. 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. 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.
International career
Comas has made a few appearances for the Colombia national team. 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.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| USA | League | Open Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
| 2000 | MetroStars | MLS | 25 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2001 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | Country | 37 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Career total | - | - | ||||||||||
Footnotes
- ^ "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.
- Yannis, Alex (2 April 2000). "MetroStars Win Behind Valencia And Comas". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
External links
- Alex Comas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile on MetroFanatic
- Alex Comas at Major League Soccer
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barranquilla
- Men's association football forwards
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Atlético Junior footballers
- Unión Magdalena footballers
- Deportes Quindío footballers
- América de Cali footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- New York Red Bulls players
- Carabobo F.C. players
- Deportes Tolima footballers
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- Real Cartagena footballers
- Santiago Morning footballers
- Aragua FC players
- Categoría Primera A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Major League Soccer players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States