Aaron Payas

Aaron Payas (born 24 May 1985) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Bruno's Magpies previously and the Gibraltar national team, where he plays as a midfielder.

Aaron Payas
Aaron Payas at the Victoria Stadium in March 2014
Personal information
Full name Aaron Payas
Date of birth (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985
Place of birth Gibraltar
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Manchester United (Gibraltar)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
200?–2007 Manchester United (Gibraltar)
2007–2010 Laguna
2010 Manchester United (Gibraltar)
2010–2012 Lincoln Red Imps
2012 Glacis United
2012–2014 Lincoln Red Imps 5 (2)
2014–2017 Manchester 62 67 (9)
2018–2019 Europa 14 (0)
2019– Bruno's Magpies 3 (0)
National team‡
2005–2013 Gibraltar XI (Non-FIFA) 15[1] (2)
2013–2017 Gibraltar 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:02, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2017

International career
Payas playing for Gibraltar against the Faroe Islands on his début.

Payas was first called up to the Gibraltar senior team in February 2014 for friendlies against Faroe Islands and Estonia on 1 and 5 March 2014.[2][3] He made his international début with Gibraltar on 1 March 2014 in a 4-1 home loss with the Faroe Islands.[4] His second appearance came a 2-0 home loss to Estonia on 5 March 2014.

International goals
Scores and results list Gibraltar's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 June 2009Solvallen, Eckerö, Åland Islands Frøya8–08–02011 Island Games
2.27 June 2011Peter Henry Ground, Brading, Isle of Wight Ynys Môn1–06–32011 Island Games

Personal life

Outside of football Aaron is a lawyer for Hassans, the biggest law firm in Gibraltar.[5]

References
  1. "Payas, Aaron". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. "GFA reveals squads for upcoming friendlies". GBC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. "Squad for Faroe Islands and Estonia friendlies announced". footballgibraltar.wordpress.com/. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. "Gibraltar crash back down to earth with heavy Faroe Islands loss". 1 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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