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Full name | Laia Codina Panedas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 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 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Spain U23 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Spain | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 ‡ 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]
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]
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]
On 29 July 2021, Codina signed a one year loan deal with Italian club A.C. Milan. [19]
On 29 August 2023, Codina signed for English Women's Super League club Arsenal. [20]
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]
Club | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | UWCL | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona | 2019–20 | Primera División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2020–21 | 12 | 1 | 2 [b] | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||
2022–23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
Total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
Milan (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 3 [c] | 0 | - | 2 [d] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
Arsenal | 2023–24 | WSL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Career total | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 October 2022 | El Sadar Stadium, Pamplona, Spain | United States | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2. | 5 August 2023 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Switzerland | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
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