Víctor Laguardia
Spanish footballer (born 1989)
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Víctor Laguardia Cisneros (born 5 November 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Laguardia Cisneros[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2022 | Alavés | 250 | (11) |
| 2022–2023 | Alavés | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 382 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Spain U20 | 9 | (1) |
| 2009 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Zaragoza
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,[2] but spent the vast majority of his first three seasons as a senior, however, registered with the B side in the Tercera División.
In the summer of 2011, Laguardia was loaned to UD Las Palmas of Segunda División, in a season-long move.[3] More of the same befell in the following campaign, with AD Alcorcón.[4]
Alavés
Laguardia continued competing in division two the following years, with Zaragoza[5] and Deportivo Alavés.[6] He achieved promotion to the top flight with the latter in 2016, appearing in 39 matches and scoring once.[7]
Laguardia scored his first goal in the Spanish top tier on 1 October 2016, but in a 2–1 away loss to Sevilla FC.[8] 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.[9][10]
Laguardia left Alavés after his contract expired in July 2022, but returned on 4 October after agreeing to a two-year deal.[11] On 16 July 2023, having been a backup option as the club returned to the top tier, he announced his retirement at the age of 33.[12]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zaragoza | 2008–09 | Segunda División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Segunda División | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Las Palmas (loan) | 2011–12 | Segunda División | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |
| Alcorcón (loan) | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Alavés | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 41 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | La Liga | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 205 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 287 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 13 | ||