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 (age 48)
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. . US Città di Palermo (in Italian). 13 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
3. . 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.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. (in Italian). vicenza.com. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.

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