Ildefons Lima

Ildefons Lima

Lima playing with Andorra in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Ildefons Lima Solà
Date of birth	(1979-12-10) 10 December 1979
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Santa Coloma
Number	6
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	17	(7)
National team‡
1997–	Andorra	91	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2014

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

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia,^[1] 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 1/2 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. In 2009, aged nearly 30, he switched countries again, signing for AC Bellinzona in the Swiss Super League.

International career

Lima made his debut for Andorra aged 17, in the country's second ever game on 22 June 1997, scoring in a 1–4 friendly defeat in Estonia.^[2] He went on to lead the national team's scoring charts, amassing more than 90 caps.

In June 2009, near the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, Lima scored his first competitive goal for over eight years and six years overall, netting the last goal of a 1–5 away defeat against Belarus. On 9 September 2014, in Andorra's first match of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualification phase, he netted a sixth-minute penalty to give the side a 1–0 lead over Wales, but in an eventual 1–2 home loss.^[3]

International goals

Scores and results list. Andorra's goal tally first. As of match played 9 September 2014.^[4]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 June 1997	Kuressaare Linnastaadion, Kuressaare, Estonia	Estonia	1–3	1–4	Friendly
2.	2 September 2000	Communal d'Aixovall, Andorra La Vella, Andorra	Cyprus	2–1	2–3	2002 World Cup qualification
3	25 April 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–3	2002 World Cup qualification
4.	27 March 2002	Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	Malta	1–0	1–1	Friendly
5.	4 June 2008	Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Azerbaijan	1–1	1–2	Friendly
6.	11 February 2009	S. Darius and S. Girėnas, Kaunas, Lithuania	Lithuania	1–2	1–3	Friendly
7.	6 June 2009	Neman Stadium, Grodno, Belarus	Belarus	1–5	1–5	2010 World Cup qualification
8.	9 September 2014	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Wales	1–0	1–2	Euro 2016 qualifying
9.	13 October 2014	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Israel	1–1	1–4	Euro 2016 qualifying

Personal life

Lima's older brother, Toni, is also a footballer and a defender. He too spent most of his career in the lower leagues of Spain, and the pair shared teams at Ionikos.

References

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Ildefons Lima at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ildefons Lima – FIFA competition record
• Triestina official profile (Italian)
• Soccerway profile
• Official website (Catalan)