Alex Comas


Alex Javier Comas Yacomelo is a Colombian former professional association football player. Throughout his career he has played in five countries and has even featured for the Colombian 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 Colombian 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.

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