Agustín Alayes

Agustín Alayes

Personal information
Full name	Agustín Alayes
Date of birth	July 22, 1978 (1978-07-22)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Banfield
Number	2
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2000	Estudiantes	58	(1)
2000–2005	Quilmes	134	(22)
2005–2009	Estudiantes	125	(11)
2010	Newell's Old Boys	34	(1)
2011	Colo-Colo	2	(0)
2011	River Plate	6	(0)
2012–	Banfield	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:24, 17 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Agustín Alayes (born 22 July 1978 in La Plata) is an Argentine football defender who currently plays for Banfield of the Primera División Argentina as centre back.

Career

Estudiantes

Alayes started his career at Estudiantes in 1997 but in 2000 he left his home town club to play for Quilmes Atlético Club in 2000. Five years later he returned to Estudiantes.

His first greatest achievement of his career was helping Estudiantes become Apertura 2006 champions. He played in the 2–1 victory over Boca Juniors on 13 December 2006, in the deciding match for the title of Apertura 2006 champions.

Alayes scored five goals, noted for their importance in securing important wins, and for being mostly full-thrust headers. Sports diary Olé compared him to Estudiantes legend José Luis Brown. Undoubtedly, his greatest achievement was win the 2009 Copa Libertadores as one of the referents of the club, playing in the final won 2–1 against Cruzeiro.

On 4 January 2010, Newell's Old Boys signed the central defender from Estudiantes.

Colo-Colo

On 7 January 2011, was announced that Alayes joined to the most successful club of Chile, Colo-Colo by a one-year contract. He arrived to the club on request of the coach Diego Cagna. Shortly after was reported that the player would be earning a salary around of $15 million pesos (US$32.000), it converted him the highest paid player in the Chilean football along with his teammate Andrés Scotti.

Despite his potencial salary and his long trajectory at the competitive football of Argentina, Alayes had a poor season with Colo-Colo, starting with the several injuries that he suffered, playing only two games that were defeats in the 2011 Apertura tournament and his coach Diego Cagna, who had full confidence in him, was fired. The club's new coach Americo Gallego not considered him in the team.

On 3 June 2011, Alayes was released of the club, costing the indemnification $70 million pesos (US$149.000), causing anger in the fans of the club and also the Chilean sports media, despite the bad season that also passing Colo-Colo.

River Plate

On 11 July 2011, Alayes was announced as the first player signed by River Plate in preparation for return to the first division of his country, after a dramatic relegation to the second tier after River Plate's 110 years of history.

Honours

Estudiantes de La Plata

• Primera División: 2006 Apertura
• Copa Libertadores: 2009

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• ESPN statistics
• Statistics at Football-Lineups