Matteo Guardalben

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matteo Guardalben

| image = Guardalben.JPG

| height = 1.88 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nogara, Italy

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1991–1994 | youthclubs1 = Verona

| years1 = 1994–1997 | caps1 = 30 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Verona

| years2 = 1994–1995 | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Massese (loan)

| years3 = 1997–2001 | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Parma

| years4 = 2001–2004 | caps4 = 80 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Piacenza

| years5 = 2004–2006 | caps5 = 43 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Palermo

| years6 = 2006 | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = → Parma (loan)

| years7 = 2006–2008 | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Vicenza

| years8 = 2008–2009 | caps8 = 25 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Treviso

| years9 = 2009–2010 | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Sampdoria

| years10 = 2010–2012 | caps10 = 17 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = Modena

| totalcaps = 244

| totalgoals = 0

}}

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

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.Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 {{in lang|it}}

Guardalben was exchanged with Cristiano Lupatelli in January 2006.

Guardalben signed a three-year contract with Vicenza of Serie B in July 2006,{{cite news |url=http://www.palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=5459 |title=Guardalben ceduto al Vicenza |date=13 July 2006 |accessdate=13 September 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405212644/http://www.palermocalcio.it/it/1112/news/scheda.php?id=5459 |archivedate=5 April 2012 |url-status=dead |work=US Città di Palermo |language=Italian }}{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1520896_cat-3049001001.shtml |title=Matteo Guardalben in biancorosso |date=13 July 2006 |accessdate=18 March 2010 |work=Vicenza Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515233423/http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1520896_cat-3049001001.shtml |archivedate=15 May 2008 }} as Adriano Zancopè's backup, but he was injured in October{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1521067_cat-3049001001.shtml|title=Aggiornamento condizioni Matteo Guardalben|date=15 October 2006|accessdate=18 June 2009|publisher=vicenza.com|language=Italian}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and back to squad in May 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1521393_cat-3049001001.shtml|title=Bentornato Matteo Guardalben!|date=7 May 2007|accessdate=18 June 2009|publisher=vicenza.com|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802124957/http://www.vicenza.com/mx_op-nwminiportal_id-1643_opt-1521393_cat-3049001001.shtml|archivedate=2 August 2009}}

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.