Laia Codina

About

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 West Ham United and the Spain national team. She previously played for Spanish team Barcelona and had a loan spell with AC Milan and most recently played for WSL side Arsenal. She has represented Spain in multiple youth national teams.

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.

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…