Laia Codina
Codina with Barcelona B in 2019
Personal information
Full name Laia Codina Panedas
Date of birth (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000
Place of birth Campllong, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 27
Youth career
2014–2017 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Barcelona B 15+ (2+)
2019–2023 Barcelona 29 (2)
2021–2022 → Milan (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Arsenal 2 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U19 10 (0)
2021–2022 Spain U23 3 (1)
2022– Spain 11 (2)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2018 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Laia Codina Panedas (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈlajə kuˈðinə]; born 22 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women’s Super League club Arsenal and the Spain women's national team. She has represented Spain in multiple youth national teams.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Campllong, Province of Girona, Catalonia, Codina began playing football when she was four years old. As a child, she was a player in the lower categories of the Unió Deportiva Cassà, a team from the Girona municipality of Cassá de la Selva. Until the age of 14, she played on boys' teams.[3] In 2014, she signed for Barça.[2][4]

Codina studies journalism at the Universidad de Vic.[2][3][5]

Club career

Barcelona

In 2014, Codina signed for Barcelona to play in the lower categories. In 2017, at the age of 16, she made the leap to Barcelona B.[6] Codina was one of the leaders of the reserve team, becoming the captain the same season they were promoted to the Segunda División Pro.[2][5][7]

In the summer of 2019, the club announced that Codina would be in the first-team dynamics, although would be kept mainly as a reserve team player until the end of the season.[2][8] In June 2020, her contract was extended until 2022, in addition to her definitive jump to the first team the following season.[9][10][11]

On 13 October 2019, she made her league debut in a match against Sporting de Huelva. Just four days later, she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut in a round of 16 match against Minsk.[12]

In her first season as a first-team player, Codina wore the number 3, which she had already worn in the subsidiary.[5][13][14] In November 2020, she underwent surgery after suffering an injury to the patellar cartilage in her right knee during a match of the Spanish U-20 team.[15][16][17] In March 2021, she began playing again after four months out from injury recovery.[18]

Loan to Milan

On 29 July 2021, Codina signed a one year loan deal with Italian club A.C. Milan.[19]

Arsenal

On 29 August 2023, Codina signed for English Women's Super League club Arsenal.[20]

International career

Codina has been a regular on Spain's youth national teams, including the under-17, under-19, and under-20 squads.[21][22][23] In the summer of 2018, she was selected by Jorge Vilda to compete at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[24] Codina was proclaimed a European Under-19 champion with the Spanish team after defeating the German team in the final.[7]

In July 2019, Codina was selected by Pedro López to represent Spain at the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Scotland.[2][25] The team was eliminated in the semifinals by France.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League National Cup League Cup Other UWCL Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona 2019–20 Primera División 4000 -0[lower-alpha 1]01050
2020–21 1212[lower-alpha 2]0 -0000141
2022–23 13110 -1020171
Total 29230 0 01030362
Milan (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 1303[lower-alpha 3]0 -2[lower-alpha 4]010190
Arsenal 2023–24 WSL 2000 2 1000041
Career total 44260 2 13040573
  1. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  3. ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia
  4. ↑ Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2022El Sadar Stadium, Pamplona, Spain United States1–02–0Friendly
2.5 August 2023Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Switzerland4–15–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Honours

FC Barcelona
Spain U19
Spain

References

  1. ↑ "Laia Codina". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Martín, Bruno (7 July 2019). "Laia Codina i el seu estiu màgic". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Entrevista a Laia Codina: "No me pongo límites"". VAVEL. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Análisis de la central del futuro, Laia Codina". ADN La Masía (in Spanish). 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Andrés, Marc. "Laia Codina: "Líder ho seré sempre, sempre estaré donant instruccions"". Futfem (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Peñalver, Silvia (20 June 2020). "Laia Codina, serenidad y polivalencia azulgrana". elscouting.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 Navarro, Alicia (18 July 2019). "Laia Codina, la perla que apuntala al Femení". VAVEL (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Laia Codina y Carla Armengol estarán en dinámica del primer equipo". Mundo Deportivo. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "El FC Barcelona renova Laia Codina fins al 2022". CCMA (in Catalan). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Jiménez, Mayca (9 June 2020). "El Barça renueva a su joven promesa Laia Codina hasta 2022". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "La canterana Laia Codina renueva con el Barça hasta 2022". Europa Press. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rodillo del Barça para acariciar los cuartos de final de la Champions". La Vanguardia. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Laia Codina, Jana Fernández y Bruna Vilamala ya tienen dorsal con el primer equipo". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Laia Codina: "¿Por qué no vamos a repetir otra final de Champions?"". Sport (in Spanish). 26 July 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ↑ "Una lesión obliga a Laia Codina a abandonar la concentración de la sub-20". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Barça: Laia Codina, al quirófano". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Laia Codina, operada con éxito". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "El Barça se autoimpone la prohibición de especular en Manchester". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  19. ↑ "Acord amb el Milan per Laia Codina". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  20. ↑ "Laia Codina joins Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "El Barça lidera la convocatoria de la Sub-17 femenina". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  22. ↑ "Cuatro jugadoras del Barça convocadas para la selección Sub-20". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  23. ↑ Jiménez, Mayca (12 March 2020). "El Barça brilla también por medio de sus internacionales". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  24. ↑ Menayo, David (13 June 2018). "Fútbol Femenino: España ya tiene a sus elegidas para revalidar título europeo Sub'19". Marca (periódico) (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  25. ↑ "Cuatro jugadoras del FC Barcelona, listas para el Europeo Sub-19". VAVEL (in Spanish). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  26. ↑ García de Pedro, Javier (25 July 2019). "La sub 19 femenina se queda sin triplete europeo en la prórroga ante Francia". Marca (periódico) (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  27. ↑ "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title". UEFA.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  28. ↑ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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