Jordi Codina Explained

Jordi Codina
Full Name:Jordi Codina Rodríguez
Birth Date:27 April 1982
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Height:1.89 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1998–2000
Youthclubs1:Damm
Youthyears2:2000–2002
Youthclubs2:Espanyol
Years1:2002–2007
Caps1:79
Goals1:0
Years2:2007–2009
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Years3:2009–2015
Caps3:68
Goals3:0
Years4:2015–2016
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Years5:2016
Clubs5:Pafos (loan)
Caps5:16
Goals5:0
Years6:2016–2017
Caps6:0
Goals6:0
Years7:2017–2018
Caps7:13
Goals7:0
Years8:2018
Caps8:6
Goals8:0
Totalcaps:183
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:2008–2013
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0

Jordi Codina Rodríguez (born 27 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Codina arrived at Real Madrid in 2002 at the age of 20, having been grown in the youth system of local RCD Espanyol. After the departure of Carlos Sánchez and David Cobeño, he became first-choice with the reserve sideAntonio Adán was the backup and Kiko Casilla third-choice, as he eventually gained Castilla's captaincy.

Codina made his professional debut in the second division in the 2005–06 season, against Sporting de Gijón. In the last of his five years with the B-team, he played 35 of 38 games for a total of 3,150 minutes.[1]

At the start of 2007–08, Codina was promoted to Real Madrid's main squad as third goalkeeper, after Iker Casillas and Jerzy Dudek. As they had already been crowned league champions, he made his first and sole official appearance for the club in the last match of the campaign, playing the full 90 minutes in a 5–2 home win against Levante UD on 18 May 2008.[2]

On 2 July 2009, Codina moved to fellow La Liga side Getafe CF, also in Madrid, on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract and reuniting with former Castilla manager Míchel.[3] In his debut season and the following, he constantly battled for first-choice status with Argentine Óscar Ustari.[4]

Codina left in June 2015, after his link expired.[5] On the 11th, aged 33, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed a two-year deal with Cypriot club APOEL FC.[6] On 7 January 2016, however, after failing to appear in any competitive games, he joined fellow First Division team Pafos FC on a six-month loan.[7]

On 16 July 2016, Codina cut ties with APOEL by mutual consent.[8] Shortly after, he returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year contract with second level team CF Reus Deportiu.[9]

Subsequently, Codina competed in his country's lower leagues, with CF Fuenlabrada[10] and CD Móstoles URJC.[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid B2002–03[12] Segunda División B130130
2003–04Segunda División B150150
2004–05Segunda División B601070
2005–06Segunda División B100100
2006–07Segunda División B350350
Total79010800
Real Madrid2005–06La Liga00000000
2007–08La Liga1000000010
2008–09La Liga0000000000
Total1000000010
Getafe2009–10La Liga22030250
2010–11La Liga2300010240
2011–12La Liga202040
2012–13La Liga702090
2013–14La Liga9040130
2014–15[13] La Liga503080
Total68014010830
APOEL2015–16Cypriot First Division0000000000
Pafos (loan)2015–16Cypriot First Division16020180
Reus2016–17Segunda División001010
Fuenlabrada2017–18Segunda División B10030130
Career total174020010101960

Honours

Real Madrid

2007–08

runner-up 2007

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos?. The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?. Vavel. Miguel Ángel. Balderas. es. 26 November 2013. 20 January 2020.
  2. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/226702?cc=5739 Real Madrid 5–2 Levante
  3. http://www.marca.com/2009/06/29/futbol/equipos/getafe/1246297364.html El Getafe llega a un acuerdo con el Real Madrid por Codina (Getafe reach agreement with Real Madrid for Codina)
  4. http://www.goal.com/es/news/27/liga-de-espa%C3%B1a/2011/02/17/2357246/getafe-este-a%C3%B1o-ustari-y-yo-hemos-estado-mejor-indica-codina Getafe: "Este año Ustari y yo hemos estado mejor", indica Codina (Getafe: "This year Ustari and i performed better", Codina notes)
  5. http://getafecf.com/Noticia/tabid/137/Article/2409/Os-deseamos-lo-mejor.aspx Os deseamos lo mejor (We wish you the best)
  6. Web site: http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=13311&tt=graphic&lang=l1. el:Κατ'αρχήν Συμφωνία με Jordi Codina Rodriguez. Agreement in principle with Jordi Codina Rodriguez. APOEL FC. el. 11 June 2015. 11 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150613034240/http://www.apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=13311&tt=graphic&lang=l1. 13 June 2015.
  7. Web site: http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=14671&tt=graphic&lang=l1. el:Προσθαφαιρέσεις στην λίστα Α'. First-team subtractions. APOEL FC. el. 7 January 2016. 7 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160202085014/http://apoelfc.com.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=14671&tt=graphic&lang=l1. 2 February 2016.
  8. Web site: http://www.sigmalive.com/sports/team/apoel/347853/apoel-telos-o-kodina-vrike-omada. el:Τέλος ο Κοδίνα (Βρήκε ομάδα). Codina terminated (he found a new team). Sigma Live. el. 16 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
  9. Web site: Jordi Codina, nou porter del Reus. Jordi Codina, new goalkeeper of Reus. Reus Deportiu. ca. 16 July 2016. 16 July 2016.
  10. News: El Fuenlabrada ficha a Jordi Codina para su portería. Fuenlabrada sign Jordi Codina for their goal. ABC. es. 7 July 2017. 16 April 2019.
  11. Web site: 217 partidos en Primera después, Codina busca nuevos retos. 217 Primera matches later, Codina seeking new challenges. Be Soccer. es. 30 December 2018. 4 February 2019.
  12. Web site: Codina: Jordi Codina Rodríguez. BDFutbol. 16 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Codina. Soccerway. 16 June 2015.