Édgar Badía

Édgar Badía Guardiola (born 12 February 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF as a goalkeeper.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Badía and the second or maternal family name is Guardiola.
Édgar Badía
Personal information
Full name Édgar Badía Guardiola
Date of birth (1992-02-12) 12 February 1992
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Elche
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2006 Cornellà
2006–2011 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Espanyol B 36 (0)
2012 Espanyol 0 (0)
2013–2014 Granada B 3 (0)
2014–2018 Reus 190 (0)
2019– Elche 22 (0)
National team‡
2009 Spain U17 13 (0)
2010 Spain U18 2 (0)
2010–2011 Spain U19 12 (0)
2016– Catalonia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2019

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Badía was a product of local RCD Espanyol. He spent his first seasons as a senior competing in Segunda División B and Tercera División, with the B-team.

On 11 January 2012, Badía made his official debut with the main squad, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against Córdoba CF for the campaign's Copa del Rey (5–4 on aggregate).[1] He continued to be almost exclusively associated with the B's during his spell.

Badía signed with Granada CF in July 2013, being assigned to the reserves in the third level.[2] On 20 January of the following year, after acting as a backup to Stole Dimitrievski, he terminated his contract with the Andalusians and moved to fellow league team CF Reus Deportiu.[3]

Badía was an undisputed starter for the club during the following campaigns, achieving promotion to Segunda División in 2016. On 28 December 2018, he was one of the five players who left Reus due to unpaid wages.[4]

On 5 January 2019, Badía signed a six-month contract with Elche CF also of the second tier.[5]

Honours

Spain U19

Spain U17

References
  1. Álvaro se toma la Copa del Califa (Álvaro drinks Califh's Cup); Marca, 11 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. El Granada CF ficha al portero Edgar Badía (Granada CF sign goalkeeper Edgar Badía); Andalucia Noticias, 23 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. El portero Edgar Badía deja el Granada para fichar por el Reus (Segunda B) (Goalkeeper Edgar Badía leaves Granada to sign for Reus (Segunda B)); Mundo Deportivo, 20 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. "El principio del fin: cinco jugadores del Reus ya han quedado libres" [The beginning of the end: five Reus players are already free] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. "OFICIAL | El Elche C.F. incorpora a Edgar Badía" [OFFICIAL | Elche C.F. add Edgar Badía] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. "Consuelo de bronce" [Bronze consolation] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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