Víctor Laguardia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Laguardia and the second or maternal family name is Cisneros.

Víctor Laguardia Cisneros (born 5 November 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Víctor Laguardia

Personal information
Full name	Víctor Laguardia Cisneros^[1]
Date of birth	(1989-11-05) 5 November 1989 (age 34)^[1]
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)^[1]
Position(s)	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 the 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 to the club on 4 October after agreeing to a two-year-deal.^[11] On 16 July 2023, after being a backup option as the club returned to the top tier, he announced his retirement at the age of 33.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 February 2021^[13][14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

Honours

Alavés

• Segunda División: 2015–16^[15]

Spain U20

• Mediterranean Games: 2009^[16]

References

1. "Laguardia". Diario AS. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. Hungría, Natalia (20 August 2013). "Real Zaragoza 2013/2014: Víctor Laguardia" (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
6. [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.
7. "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.
8. Campos, Tomás (1 October 2016). "El '9' es Ben Yedder" [The '9' is Ben Yedder]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
9. "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.
10. 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.
11. "El Deportivo Alavés y Víctor Laguardia, juntos hasta 2024" [Deportivo Alavés and Víctor Laguardia, together until 2024] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
12. "Víctor Laguardia se retira del fútbol" [Víctor Laguardia retires from football] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
13. Víctor Laguardia at BDFutbol
14. Víctor Laguardia at Soccerway
15. Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (29 May 2016). "El Alavés vuelve a Primera" [Alavés return to Primera]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
16. (PDF). Pescara 2009. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

External links

• Víctor Laguardia at BDFutbol
• Víctor Laguardia at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• – FIFA competition record (archived)