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Laia Codina

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Codina and the second or maternal family name is Panedas.
Laia Codina
Codina with Barcelona B in 2019
Personal information
Full name Laia Codina Panedas
Date of birth (2000-01-22) 22 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Campllong, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 5
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 13 (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
Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner 2018 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ 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] In her first season, she made 16 appearances for the club and scored her first goal against Reading in the Continental Cup.[21][22]

Following her first season at Arsenal, Codina received a new shirt number, changing from number 27 to number 5.[23]

In September 2024, talking about her move to the English League, alongside Mariona Caldentey, they both said that since winning the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, nothing has changed in the Spanish leagues and they weren’t moving in the right direction. However, since England won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, the Women's Super League and women’s football in general had moved in the right direction, with 1,500 new teams registered, prompting their move to Arsenal.[24][25] They also suggested that more Spanish players are wanting to make the move.

International career

Codina has been a regular on Spain's youth national teams, including the under-17, under-19, and under-20 squads.[26][27][28] In the summer of 2018, she was selected by Jorge Vilda to compete at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[29] 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][30] The team was eliminated in the semifinals by France.[31]

Upon arriving at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Codina and her teammates were pictured performing the Haka during training, causing upset for co-hosts New Zealand.[32] Codina scored an own goal against Switzerland, but later made up for it with a goal to help secure a 5-1 victory.[33] The Spanish team went on to win the World Cup, ahead of Euro 2022 winners England.[34] During the presentation, the Spanish football president kissed another player, Jenni Hermoso on the lips, without consent, leading to 89 players including Codina, refusing to play for Spain unless he stepped down. He eventually resigned from his post.[35]

In April 2024, Codina withdrew from the Spanish squad ahead of their Euro 2025 qualifier, against Czech Republic, due to muscle discomfort, as a precaution.[36]

Codina was chosen to represent Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[37][38] The Spanish team finished just outside the medals in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match to Germany.[39]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2024[40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League National Cup Other UWCL Total
Division 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 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 8 0 2[e] 0 6[f] 1 0 0 16 1
2024–25 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13 1
Total 13 0 2 0 6 1 8 1 29 2
Career total 55 2 8 0 9 1 12 1 84 4
  1. ^ Appearances in Supercopa de España
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  3. ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia
  4. ^ Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. ^ Appearances in Women's FA Cup
  6. ^ Appearances in FA Women's League Cup

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Honours

FC Barcelona

Arsenal

Spain U19
Spain

References

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