Laia Codina

She has represented Spain in multiple youth national teams.

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	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 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 1 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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. In 2014, she signed for Barça.

Codina studies journalism at the Universidad de Vic.

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. Codina was one of the leaders of the reserve team, becoming the captain the same season they were promoted to the Segunda División Pro.

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. In June 2020, her contract was extended until 2022, in addition to her definitive jump to the first team the following season.

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.

In her first season as a first-team player, Codina wore the number 3, which she had already worn in the subsidiary. 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. In March 2021, she began playing again after four months out from injury recovery.

Loan to Milan

On 29 July 2021, Codina signed a one year loan deal with Italian club A.C. Milan.

Arsenal

On 29 August 2023, Codina signed for English Women's Super League club Arsenal.

Codina has been a regular on Spain's youth national teams, including the under-17, under-19, and under-20 squads. In the summer of 2018, she was selected by Jorge Vilda to compete at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. Codina was proclaimed a European Under-19 champion with the Spanish team after defeating the German team in the final.

In July 2019, Codina was selected by Pedro López to represent Spain at the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Scotland. The team was eliminated in the semifinals by France.

Club

As of 22 October 2023