Matteo Guardalben
Italian footballer
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Matteo Guardalben (born 5 June 1974) is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 June 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Nogara, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | 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) | |
| * 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 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.
