Víctor Laguardia

Víctor Laguardia Cisneros (born 5 November 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Deportivo Alavés as a central defender.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Laguardia and the second or maternal family name is Cisneros.
Víctor Laguardia
Personal information
Full name Víctor Laguardia Cisneros
Date of birth (1989-11-05) 5 November 1989
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Alavés
Number 5
Youth career
Oliver
Stadium Casablanca
Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Zaragoza B 36 (0)
2009–2014 Zaragoza 31 (0)
2011–2012 → Las Palmas (loan) 25 (1)
2012–2013 → Alcorcón (loan) 26 (3)
2014– Alavés 202 (8)
National team
2009 Spain U20 9 (1)
2009 Spain U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021

Club career

Laguardia was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After emerging through hometown Real Zaragoza's youth system he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 29 August 2009 in a 1–0 home win against CD Tenerife,[1] but spent the vast majority of his first three seasons as a senior, however, registered with the B-side in the fourth division.

In the summer of 2011, Laguardia was loaned to UD Las Palmas in the second level, in a season-long move.[2] More of the same befell in the following campaign, with AD Alcorcón.[3]

Laguardia continued competing in division two in the following years, with Zaragoza[4] and Deportivo Alavés.[5] He achieved promotion to the top flight with the latter in 2016, appearing in 39 matches and scoring once.[6]

Laguardia scored his first goal in the Spanish top level on 1 October 2016, but in a 1–2 away loss against Sevilla FC.[7] During that season he appeared in 31 competitive games for a side that finish ninth and also reached the final of the Copa del Rey for the first time ever, but also suffered a severe knee injury that sidelined him for eight months.[8][9]

Honours

Club

Alavés

International

Spain U20

References
  1. Pardo Latre, Clara (29 August 2009). "El Zaragoza regresa a Primera con Victoria" [Zaragoza return to Primera with win]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. "Las Palmas obtiene la cesión del central Víctor Laguardia" [Las Palmas obtain the loan of stopper Víctor Laguardia]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  3. "Laguardia se marcha cedido al Alcorcón" [Laguardia goes out on loan at Alcorcón]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 1 September 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. Hungría, Natalia (20 August 2013). "Real Zaragoza 2013/2014: Víctor Laguardia" (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. "El Alavés refuerza la defensa con el fichaje de Laguardia" [Alavés strengthen defence by signing Laguardia] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 11 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  6. "El Alavés se pone líder tras superar a la Ponferradina" [Alavés reach first place after besting Ponferradina]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 May 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  7. Campos, Tomás (1 October 2016). "El '9' es Ben Yedder" [The '9' is Ben Yedder]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  8. "Laguardia envía un mensaje de "energía y fuerza" a la plantilla" [Laguardia sends message of "energy and strength" to squad]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. Pancorbo, R.O. (24 June 2017). "El Alavés pierde a uno de sus clásicos hasta Navidades" [Alavés lose one of their classic men until Christmas]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  10. Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (29 May 2016). "El Alavés vuelve a Primera" [Alavés return to Primera]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  11. ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0) Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine; Pescara 2009, 4 July 2009
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