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 developed in the youth system of local side Espanyol. After the departure of Carlos Sánchez and David Cobeño, he became first-choice with the reserve side – Antonio 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 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.
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 on 18 May 2008.Real Madrid 5–2 Levante ; ESPN Soccernet, 18 May 2008
On 2 July 2009, Codina moved to fellow La Liga side Getafe, also in Madrid, on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract and reuniting with former Castilla manager Míchel.El Getafe llega a un acuerdo con el Real Madrid por Codina (Getafe reach agreement with Real Madrid for Codina); Marca, 29 June 2009 (in Spanish) In his debut season and the following, he constantly battled for first-choice status with Argentine Óscar Ustari.Getafe: "Este año Ustari y yo hemos estado mejor", indica Codina (Getafe: "This year Ustari and i performed better", Codina notes); Goal, 17 February 2011 (in Spanish)
Codina left in June 2015, after his link expired.Os deseamos lo mejor (We wish you the best); Getafe CF, 3 June 2015 (in Spanish) 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. On 7 January 2016, however, after failing to appear in any competitive games, he joined fellow First Division team Pafos 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 Reus.
Subsequently, Codina competed in his country's lower leagues, with Fuenlabrada and Móstoles.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Madrid B2002–03Segunda División B130———1302003–04Segunda División B150———1502004–05Segunda División B60——10702005–06Segunda División B100———1002006–07Segunda División B350———350Total790——10800Real Madrid2005–06La Liga000000—002007–08La Liga10000000102008–09La Liga0000000000Total1000000010Getafe2009–10La Liga22030——2502010–11La Liga2300010—2402011–12La Liga2020——402012–13La Liga7020——902013–14La Liga9040——1302014–15La Liga5030——80Total68014010—830APOEL2015–16Cypriot First Division0000000000Pafos (loan)2015–16Cypriot First Division16020——180Reus2016–17Segunda División0010——10Fuenlabrada2017–18Segunda División B10030——130Career total174020010101960
Honours Real Madrid La Liga: 2007–08 Supercopa de España: runner-up 2007
References
External links APOEL official profile