Jordi Escura
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordi Escura Aixas | ||
Date of birth | 19 April 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–2000 | CE Europa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | CE Europa | 4 | (0) |
2001–2002 | FC Andorra | 17 | (1) |
2002–2003 | Ascó | 23 | (0) |
2003–2004 | CE Europa | 7 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Mollerussa | 12 | (1) |
2005–2009 | Benavent | ||
2009–2010 | Balaguer | 30 | (1) |
2010–2013 | Alcarràs | ||
Total | 93 | (3) | |
National team | |||
1998–2011 | Andorra | 65 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Jordi Escura Aixas (born 19 April 1980) is an Andorran former footballer. He played for 13 years with the Andorran national team from 1998 to 2011, during which time he made 65 appearances without scoring.[1] Escura worked as a physiotherapist with UE Lleida[2] from 2005 to 2011 and then with RCD Espanyol[3] for two seasons.
After this, he went to Thailand to work for Buriram United until the end of the season. They won the Thai Premier League, FA Cup and Toyota Cup, also arriving to Asian Champions League Quarter finals. Until finishing 2015 Escura worked as a University Professor in two different universities: Universitat de Lleida and .
In 2016, he joined Qingdao Huanghai from China League One as Head Physio and stayed there until the end of 2020. The team promoted to Chinese Super League in 2019 and avoid relegation in 2020.
In 2021 he signed for Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. still in China Super League but ended early and joined the Ukraine women's national football team as assistant coach of Lluís Cortés
National team statistics[]
Andorra national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1998 | 2 | 0 |
1999 | 4 | 0 |
2000 | 7 | 0 |
2001 | 6 | 0 |
2002 | 5 | 0 |
2003 | 5 | 0 |
2004 | 5 | 0 |
2005 | 7 | 0 |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | 8 | 0 |
2008 | 5 | 0 |
2009 | 4 | 0 |
2010 | 6 | 0 |
2011 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 65 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Andorra – Record International Players." RSSSF, 6 February 2014. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/escura-intl.html
- ^ "Web Oficial De La U.E.Lleida". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
- ^ [1] (in Spanish)
- ^ Jordi Escura at National-Football-Teams.com
External links[]
- Jordi Escura – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Jordi Escura on Facebook
- Jordi Escura – UEFA competition record (archive)
- [2]
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Andorra la Vella
- Andorran footballers
- Andorra international footballers
- Andorran expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Association football defenders
- Andorran football biography stubs