Alex Comas

Alex Comas
Personal information
Full name	Alex Javier Comas Yacomelo
Date of birth	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
1991	Independiente Medellín
1992	Atlético Junior
1993	Unión Magdalena
1994	Deportes Quindío
1995	América de Cali
1995–1996	San Lorenzo
1997–1999	Atlético Nacional
1999	Atlético Junior
2000–2001	MetroStars
2002	Atlético Junior
2002–2003	Carabobo
2003	Deportes Tolima
2004–2005	Deportes La Serena
2006	Real Cartagena
2006	Santiago Morning
2007	Unión Magdalena
2007–2008	Aragua
International career
1998	Colombia
	*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.^[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 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	MetroStars	MLS	12	2
Total	Country		37	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career total			-	-

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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

[Preview-1] "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.

[Times-2] Yannis, Alex (2 April 2000). "MetroStars Win Behind Valencia And Comas". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

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