Jordi Escura

Jordi Escura Aixàs
Personal information
Full name Jordi Escura Aixas
Date of birth (1980-04-19) 19 April 1980 (age 44)
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)
International career
1998–2011 Andorra 65 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordi Escura Aixas (born 19 April 1980) is an Andorran former footballer. He played for 13 years with the Andorra national football 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 Universidad San Jorge.

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

[4]

Andorra national team
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

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Andorra – Record International Players." RSSSF, 6 February 2014. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/escura-intl.html
  2. ^ "Web Oficial De La U.E.Lleida". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 11 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Jordi Escura at National-Football-Teams.com


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