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 coast of northeastern 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 ci ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, Codina arrived at

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

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 Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

. After the departure of Carlos Sánchez and David Cobeño, he became first-choice with the reserve side –

Antonio Adán Antonio Adán Garrido (; born 13 May 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP. A youth product of Real Madrid, where he acted mainly as a backup, he spent most of his career with ...

was the backup and

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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

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

. 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

Iker Casillas Iker Casillas Fernández (; born 20 May 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and currently works as a football commentator. Popularly dubbed "''San Iker''" ("Saint Iker") for his ability to produce spectac ...

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 Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

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

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side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

, also in

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, on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract and reuniting with former Castilla manager Míchel. In his debut season and

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, he constantly battled for first-choice status with Argentine

Óscar Ustari Oscar Alfredo Ustari (born 3 July 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Pachuca. After starting out at Independiente he spent most of his professional career in Spain, mainly with Getafe where ...

. 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 ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

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

Pafos FC Pafos FC ( el, Πάφος FC) is a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was created in 2014, by the merger of the two biggest teams of Paphos, AEP Paphos and AEK Kouklia. They play their home games at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium, ...

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. 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 Segunda División RFEF - Group 1, holding home gam ...

Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid *

: 2007–08 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

: runner-up

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References

External links

APOEL official profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Codina, Jordi 1982 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish footballers 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 international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus