Rafa Jorda

Rafa Jorda

Spanish

Personal Information

Full Name Rafael Jordà Ruiz de Assin
Date of Birth January 1, 1984
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Role Centre Forward
Past Team(s)

Rafa Jorda: A Brief Biography

Rafael Jordà Ruiz de Assin is a Spanish professional footballer who was born on 1 January 1984 and has been currently playing in the Indian Superleague for the Mumbai City FC.


Hailing from Santa Perpètua de Mogoda in Barcelona he has started his Youth career with the teams like Damm FC, Valencia and Numancia.


He is a player who has a mastery in the playing position of Striker and Centre-Forward. He has represented various teams in his senior careers like Siena Dinamo, Tbilisi, Wuhan Zall, Rapid București, Llagostera and Mumbai City.


Jorda is an accomplished campaigner and has played at a decent level all through his vocation.


He has played in Spain, Italy, China, and Georgia in a senior vocation that has traversed 14 years. He has additionally been a part of Catalonia group.


Club Career


Hailing from Santa Perpètua, Spain he has been a part of many teams as he completed his formation with CD Numancia and soon after that made the debut to his senior club for its B-team.


He was further loaned to the club CM Peralta and after featuring in the 3 La Liga matches he was subsequently loaned to Benidorm CF.


Jordà headed toward his first competitive goal on 3 June 2007 for Numancia in a 3-1 home win match in Segunda División championship against Polideportivo Ejido. He contributed about 6 goals in the duration of 27 matches in the 2007-08 season.


Jordà moved to another country without precedent for his profession, joining Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe F.C. also, offering groups to compatriots Nano and Rubén Suárez as the initial two turned into the primary Spaniards to play in the nation.


He has made a remarkable contribution to the Beijing Renhe club by scoring many goals as much as 18 goals in the Chinese Super League.


In the Chinese FA Cup, he scored a goal eventually helping his team to side with triumphing victory and further qualification in the respective tournament.


Mumbai City FC


The 33-year-old Rafa Jorda who last played for Spanish third-tier club UE Llagostera was made the part of the club in 2017.


Jorda has scored 59 goals in all his career of more than 200 matches and in the coming season of ISL the Mumbai FC have high hopes from the Spanish Player.