Jordá in action for Levante in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafael Jordà Ruiz de Assin | ||
Date of birth | 1 January 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Perpètua, Spain | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Llagostera | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Damm | ||
2001–2002 | Valencia | ||
2002–2003 | Numancia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Numancia B | ||
2004–2008 | Numancia | 47 | (7) |
2004 | → Peralta (loan) | 17 | (8) |
2006 | → Benidorm (loan) | 18 | (9) |
2008–2009 | Alicante | 13 | (3) |
2009 | Hércules | 0 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Levante | 36 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Guizhou Renhe | 55 | (17) |
2014 | Siena | 10 | (2) |
2014 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0 | (0) |
2015 | Wuhan Zall | 26 | (6) |
2016 | Rapid București | 8 | (3) |
2016– | Llagostera | 18 | (1) |
National team | |||
2010– | Catalonia | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
Rafael "Rafa" Jordà Ruiz de Assin (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UE Llagostera as a centre forward.
Born in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Jordà finished his formation with CD Numancia then made his senior debuts with its B-team. He was subsequently loaned to Segunda División B club CM Peralta and, after appearing in three La Liga games with the former's main squad towards the end of the 2004–05 season, the first being on 6 February 2005 as he featured the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Getafe CF, was again loaned out to another side in the third level, Benidorm CF.
Jordà scored his first competitive goal for Numancia on 3 June 2007, heading a 26th minute cross in a 3–1 home win over Polideportivo Ejido for the Segunda División championship. He contributed with six goals in 27 matches in the 2007–08 campaign, as the club from Soria returned to the top flight as champions.
In June 2008, news arose of Jordà signing for Alicante CF in division two and he eventually joined during that summer, switching to neighbouring Hércules CF at the end of the season, which ended in relegation. In late January 2010, after only three Copa del Rey appearances with the latter, he signed a two-year contract with Levante UD still in the second tier, netting in his debut two days later to help to a 2–1 league home defeat of Villarreal CF B; he repeated the feat in the following two rounds, at Cádiz CF (4–2 away win) and Celta de Vigo (1–0, home).