Matteo Guardalben

Matteo Guardalben (born 5 June 1974) is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper.

Matteo Guardalben
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-06-05) 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)
International career
2005 Italy 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. In 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
  1. Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 (in Italian)
  2. "Guardalben ceduto al Vicenza". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  3. "Matteo Guardalben in biancorosso". Vicenza Calcio (in Italian). 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. "Aggiornamento condizioni Matteo Guardalben" (in Italian). vicenza.com. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
  5. "Bentornato Matteo Guardalben!" (in Italian). vicenza.com. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
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