Ildefons Lima

Born in Barcelona, Spain, 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-and-a-half 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 at the request of elusive chairman Flaviano Tonellotto. In 2009, aged nearly 30, he switched countries again, signing for AC Bellinzona in the Swiss Super League.

After two seasons in Switzerland and one back at Triestina, Lima signed again for FC Andorra, now of the Primera Catalana, instead of several offers to play in the principality's Primera Divisió. On 12 June 2014, he joined the latter league's champion FC Santa Coloma; he scored for them on 8 July in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League away to FC Banants, as they advanced on away goals.

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. He went on to lead the national team's scoring charts, and also amassed more than 100 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.

After Óscar Sonejee, Lima was the second Andorran to reach a century of caps, playing his 100th game on 1 June 2016, a 0–2 friendly loss to Estonia in Tallinn. On 22 February 2017 he opened a 2–0 away win over San Marino in another exhibition game, ending a run of 86 defeats.

International goals

As of 22 February 2017 (scores and results list. Andorra's goal tally first)

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 June 1997	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
10.	11 October 2015	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Belgium	1–2	1–4	Euro 2016 qualifying
11.	22 February 2017	Olimpico di Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	2–0	Friendly

Lima's older brother, Toni, was 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.