Laia Codina

Laia Codina Panedas (born 22 January 2000) is a Spanish footballer that plays as a central defender for A.C. Milan, on loan from Barcelona in Italy's Serie A, the country's top division women's league. She has represented Spain in multiple youth national teams.

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 where she played until 2019. Codina was one of the leaders of the team, becoming the captain the same season the team was promoted to the Iberdrola league.

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.