He was signed by former El Salvador manager Milovan Đorić's Chinese club side Beijing Guoan in 2000.
After 2000, he returned to El Salvador winning the Clausura title with Águila.
However a combination of poor form and injuries caused him to lose his spot in the Águila squad.
[2] Amaya made his debut for El Salvador in a March 1997 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 42 caps, scoring 1 goal.
Amaya joined the Canal 21 crew, he will become a football analyse talking about issues and announcing games that are played.