Ildefonso Lima

Ildefons Lima

Lima with Andorra in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Ildefons Lima Solà
Date of birth	(1979-12-10) 10 December 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Santa Coloma
Number	6
Youth career
	Damm
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	FC Andorra	64	(2)
1999–2000	Espanyol B	1	(0)
2000–2001	Sant Andreu	25	(2)
2001–2002	Ionikos	0	(0)
2002	Pachuca	3	(1)
2002–2003	Las Palmas	25	(2)
2004	Poli Ejido	2	(0)
2004–2005	Rayo Vallecano	34	(1)
2005–2009	Triestina	79	(1)
2009–2011	Bellinzona	43	(4)
2011–2012	Triestina	18	(2)
2012–2014	FC Andorra	45	(15)
2014–	Santa Coloma	52	(14)
National team‡
1997–	Andorra	105	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2017

Ildefons Lima Solà (born 10 December 1979) is an Andorran professional footballer who plays for FC Santa Coloma as a central defender.

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Lima's first years as a senior were spent with FC Andorra, playing one season each in the Spanish third and fourth divisions. Subsequently, he played in both levels with RCD Espanyol B and UE Sant Andreu, splitting the following campaign abroad between Ionikos F.C. of Greece and C.F. Pachuca in Mexico.

In the 2002 summer, Lima returned to Spain, playing one-and-a-half seasons with UD Las Palmas in the second tier, moving in January 2004 to another club in the category, Polideportivo Ejido, and spending the following campaign with Rayo Vallecano in the third level.

Lima then played four years with U.S. Triestina Calcio in Italy. With the Trieste side, he was occasionally used as a forward at the request of elusive chairman Flaviano Tonellotto. In 2009, aged nearly 30, he switched countries again, signing for AC Bellinzona in the Swiss Super League.