Matteo Guardalben
Matteo Guardalben (born 5 June 1974) is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 June 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Nogara, Italy | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1994 | Verona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Verona | 30 | (0) |
1994–1995 | → Massese (loan) | 27 | (0) |
1997–2001 | Parma | 3 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Piacenza | 80 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Palermo | 43 | (0) |
2006 | → Parma (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Vicenza | 13 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Treviso | 25 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Modena | 17 | (0) |
Total | 244 | (0) | |
National team | |||
2005 | Italy | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Club career
Guardalben was born in Nogara, Province of Verona. After five seasons with Parma, Guardalben (along with Nicola Mora and Matuzalém) joined Piacenza in a co-ownership deal. Half of Guardalben's rights was valued for 3 billion lire.[1]
Guardalben was exchanged with Cristiano Lupatelli in January 2006.
Guardalben signed a three-year contract with Vicenza of Serie B in July 2006,[2][3] as Adriano Zancopè's backup, but he was injured in October[4] and back to squad in May 2007.[5]
In the next season, he became the first choice since November 2007, until February 2008 the arrival of Marco Fortin.
In summer 2009, he was signed by Serie A club U.C. Sampdoria as third-choice keeper, and never played a single game during his stay with the blucerchiati. On July 2010 he was signed by Serie B club Modena in a free transfer.
International career
In 2005, Guardalben was called up three times by the Italy national football team, all as unused substitute.
References
- Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 (in Italian)
- "Guardalben ceduto al Vicenza". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- "Matteo Guardalben in biancorosso". Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Aggiornamento condizioni Matteo Guardalben" (in Italian). vicenza.com. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- "Bentornato Matteo Guardalben!" (in Italian). vicenza.com. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.