Edgar Badia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Badía and the second or maternal family name is Guardiola.

Edgar Badia Guardiola (born 12 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Elche CF as a goalkeeper.

Edgar Badia

Personal information
Full name	Edgar Badia Guardiola^[1]
Date of birth	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 31)^[1]
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team 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	184	(0)
2019–	Elche	154	(0)
International career^‡
2009	Spain U17	13	(0)
2010	Spain U18	2	(0)
2010–2011	Spain U19	12	(0)
2016–	Catalonia	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:05, 4 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2022

Club career

Espanyol

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Badia was a youth 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.^[2]

On 11 January 2012, Badia made his official debut for the main squad, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against Córdoba CF in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey (5–4 on aggregate).^[3] He continued to be almost exclusively associated with the B's during his spell.^[2]

Reus

Badia signed with Granada CF in July 2013, being assigned to the reserves in the third division.^[4] 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 CF Reus Deportiu of the same league.^[5]

Badia was an undisputed starter for the club in the following campaigns, achieving promotion to Segunda División in 2016.^[6][7] On 28 December 2018, he was one of five players to leave due to unpaid wages.^[8]

Elche

On 5 January 2019, Badia signed a six-month contract with Elche CF also of the second tier.^[9] He made 42 appearances – playoffs included – in the 2019–20 campaign, in a return to La Liga after a five-year absence.^[10]

Badia made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 26 September 2020, in a 0–3 home loss to Real Sociedad.^[11][12]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 April 2021^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Espanyol B	2009–10	Segunda División B	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2010–11	Tercera División	?	?	—		—		?	?
	2012–13	Segunda División B	16	0	—		—		16	0
	Total		?	?	0	0	0	0	?	?
Espanyol	2011–12	La Liga	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
Granada B	2013–14	Segunda División B	3	0	—		—		3	0
Reus	2013–14	Segunda División B	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
	2014–15	Segunda División B	38	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	40	0
	2015–16	Segunda División B	37	0	5	0	4^[a]	0	46	0
	2016–17	Segunda División	42	0	0	0	—		42	0
	2017–18	Segunda División	40	0	0	0	—		40	0
	2018–19	Segunda División	19	0	0	0	—		19	0
	Total		184	0	5	0	6	0	195	0
Elche	2018–19	Segunda División	19	0	0	0	—		19	0
	2019–20	Segunda División	38	0	0	0	4^[a]	0	42	0
	2020–21	La Liga	30	0	0	0	—		30	0
	Total		87	0	0	0	4	0	91	0
Career total			290	0	6	0	10	0	306	0

1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

Honours

Spain U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2011^[15]

Spain U17

• FIFA U-17 World Cup third place: 2009^[16]

References

1. "Edgar". Diario AS. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. Álvarez, David (12 March 2021). "Edgar Badía, el portero que quería ser astrónomo" [Edgar Badía, the goalkeeper who wanted to be an astronomer]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
3. Aldunate, Ramiro (11 January 2012). "Álvaro se toma la Copa del Califa" [Álvaro drinks Califh's Cup]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2013.
4. "El Granada CF ficha al portero Edgar Badía" [Granada CF sign goalkeeper Edgar Badía] (in Spanish). Andalucía Noticias. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
5. "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 (in Spanish). 20 January 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
6. Vidal, Joan (29 May 2016). "El Reus asciende a Segunda A" [Reus promote to Segunda A]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
7. Luque, Ignacio (9 May 2017). "Edgar Badía, 16 partidos con la puerta a cero" [Edgar Badía, 16 matches without conceding]. Diario Córdoba (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
8. Rodríguez, Raúl (28 December 2018). "El principio del fin: cinco jugadores del Reus ya han quedado libres" [The beginning of the end: five Reus players are already free]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
9. "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.
10. Díaz, Adrián (24 August 2020). "Las claves del ascenso del Elche" [The keys to Elche's promotion]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
11. Winterburn, Chris (26 September 2020). "La Real impress in 3–0 victory over Elche". Marca. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
12. Díaz, Adrián (20 October 2020). "Edgar Badia, de rechazado por Barça y Espanyol por 'bajito' a revelación de Primera" [Edgar Badia, from rejected by Barça and Espanyol for being a 'shorty' to sensation in Primera]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
13. Edgar Badia at BDFutbol
14. Edgar Badia at Soccerway
15. Libiano Pijoan, Marc (20 January 2015). "CF Reus. Edgar y Marc Badia. 'El éxito de un apellido'" [CF Reus. Edgar and Marc Badia. 'A surname's triumph']. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
16. "Consuelo de bronce" [Bronze consolation]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 November 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

External links

• Edgar Badia at BDFutbol
• Edgar Badia at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• – FIFA competition record (archived)