Edgar Badia
Personal information
Full name Edgar Badia Guardiola[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992[1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Zaragoza
(on loan from Elche)
Number 25
Youth career
2000–2006 Cornellà
2006–2011 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Espanyol B 36 (0)
2012 Espanyol 0 (0)
2013–2014 Granada B 3 (0)
2014–2018 Reus 184 (0)
2019– Elche 154 (0)
2024– → Zaragoza (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Spain U17 13 (0)
2010 Spain U18 2 (0)
2010–2011 Spain U19 12 (0)
2016– Catalonia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:05, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022

Edgar Badia Guardiola (born 12 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Real Zaragoza, on loan from Elche CF.

Club career

Espanyol

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Badia was a youth product of local RCD Espanyol. He spent his first seasons as a senior competing in Segunda División B and Tercera División with the B team.[2]

On 11 January 2012, Badia made his official debut for the main squad, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against Córdoba CF in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey (5–4 on aggregate).[3] He continued to be almost exclusively associated with the B's during his spell.[2]

Reus

Badia signed with Granada CF in July 2013, being assigned to the reserves in the third division.[4] On 20 January of the following year, after acting as a backup to Stole Dimitrievski, he terminated his contract with the Andalusians and moved to CF Reus Deportiu of the same league.[5]

Badia was an undisputed starter for the club in the following campaigns, achieving promotion to Segunda División in 2016.[6][7] On 28 December 2018, he was one of five players to leave due to unpaid wages.[8]

Elche

On 5 January 2019, Badia signed a six-month contract with Elche CF also of the second tier.[9] He made 42 appearances – playoffs included – in the 2019–20 campaign, in a return to La Liga after a five-year absence.[10]

Badia made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 26 September 2020, in a 0–3 home loss to Real Sociedad.[11][12] He remained first-choice the following years, and in August 2022 renewed his link until 2025.[13]

On 7 January 2024, after losing his status to new signing Miguel San Román,[14] Badia was loaned to fellow second-division side Real Zaragoza for the remainder of the season.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2021[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol B 2009–10 Segunda División B 00——00
2010–11 Tercera División ??——??
2012–13 Segunda División B 160——160
Total ??0000??
Espanyol 2011–12 La Liga 0010—10
Granada B 2013–14 Segunda División B 30——30
Reus 2013–14 Segunda División B 8000—80
2014–15 Segunda División B 380002[lower-alpha 1]0400
2015–16 Segunda División B 370504[lower-alpha 1]0460
2016–17 Segunda División 42000—420
2017–18 Segunda División 40000—400
2018–19 Segunda División 19000—190
Total 184050601950
Elche 2018–19 Segunda División 19000—190
2019–20 Segunda División 380004[lower-alpha 1]0420
2020–21 La Liga 30000—300
Total 8700040910
Career total 2900601003060
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

Honours

Spain U19

Spain U17

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Edgar". Diario AS. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 Álvarez, David (12 March 2021). "Edgar Badía, el portero que quería ser astrónomo" [Edgar Badía, the goalkeeper who wanted to be an astronomer]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Aldunate, Ramiro (11 January 2012). "Álvaro se toma la Copa del Califa" [Álvaro drinks Califh's Cup]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "El Granada CF ficha al portero Edgar Badía" [Granada CF sign goalkeeper Edgar Badía] (in Spanish). Andalucía Noticias. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "El portero Edgar Badía deja el Granada para fichar por el Reus (Segunda B)" [Goalkeeper Edgar Badía leaves Granada to sign for Reus (Segunda B)]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 January 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Vidal, Joan (29 May 2016). "El Reus asciende a Segunda A" [Reus promote to Segunda A]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Luque, Ignacio (9 May 2017). "Edgar Badía, 16 partidos con la puerta a cero" [Edgar Badía, 16 matches without conceding]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ↑ Rodríguez, Raúl (28 December 2018). "El principio del fin: cinco jugadores del Reus ya han quedado libres" [The beginning of the end: five Reus players are already free]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "OFICIAL | El Elche C.F. incorpora a Edgar Badía" [OFFICIAL | Elche C.F. add Edgar Badía] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Díaz, Adrián (24 August 2020). "Las claves del ascenso del Elche" [The keys to Elche's promotion]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Winterburn, Chris (26 September 2020). "La Real impress in 3–0 victory over Elche". Marca. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Díaz, Adrián (20 October 2020). "Edgar Badia, de rechazado por Barça y Espanyol por 'bajito' a revelación de Primera" [Edgar Badia, from rejected by Barça and Espanyol for being a 'shorty' to sensation in Primera]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "OFICIAL | Edgar Badia 2025" [OFFICIAL | Edgar Badia 2025] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  14. ↑ Sánchez, Luisma (6 January 2024). "Edgar Badia es el elegido para la portería" [Edgar Badia is chosen for the goal]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "OFICIAL | Edgar Badia" [OFFICIAL | Edgar Badia] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Edgar Badia at BDFutbol
  17. ↑ Edgar Badia at Soccerway
  18. ↑ Libiano Pijoan, Marc (20 January 2015). "CF Reus. Edgar y Marc Badia. 'El éxito de un apellido'" [CF Reus. Edgar and Marc Badia. 'A surname's triumph']. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "Consuelo de bronce" [Bronze consolation]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 November 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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