Jordi Codina Rodríguez (born 27 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Codina arrived at

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

in 2002 at the age of 20, having been grown in the youth system of local

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. After the departure of Carlos Sánchez and

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, he became first-choice with the reserve side –

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was the backup and

Kiko Casilla Francisco "Kiko" Casilla Cortés (; born 2 October 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He started playing for Real Madrid, but only represented the reserve teams in the early stage of his career. He went on to ...

third-choice, as he eventually gained Castilla's

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. Codina made his professional debut in the

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in the 2005–06 season, against

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. In the last of his five years with the B-team, he played 35 of 38 games for a total of 3,150 minutes. At the start of 2007–08, Codina was promoted to Real Madrid's main squad as third goalkeeper, after

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and

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. 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 Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

on 18 May 2008. On 2 July 2009, Codina moved to fellow

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side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...

, also in

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, on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract and reuniting with former Castilla manager

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. In his debut season and

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, he constantly battled for first-choice status with Argentine

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. Codina left in June 2015, after his link expired. 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 APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

. On 7 January 2016, however, after failing to appear in any competitive games, he joined fellow

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team

Pafos FC Pafos F.C. () is a Cypriot professional football club based in Paphos. It was established in 2014 following the merger of two local clubs, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia, with the aim of creating a stronger and more competitive team to represent ...

on a six-month loan. On 16 July 2016, Codina cut ties with APOEL by mutual consent. Shortly after, he returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year contract with second level team

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

. Subsequently, Codina competed in his country's lower leagues, with

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

and

CD Móstoles URJC Club Deportivo Móstoles URJC, formerly CDE El Soto and CD Juventud Móstoles, is a Spanish football team based in Móstoles, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1996, it plays in , holding home games at Estadio El Soto, which has ...

Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid *

: 2007–08 *

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: runner-up

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References

External links

APOEL official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Codina, Jordi 1982 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CF Damm players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players Getafe CF footballers CF Reus Deportiu players CF Fuenlabrada footballers CD Móstoles URJC players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Pafos FC players Catalonia men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-century Spanish sportsmen