| Víctor Laguardia | |
| Fullname: | Víctor Laguardia Cisneros[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Oliver |
| Youthclubs2: | Stadium Casablanca |
| Youthclubs3: | Zaragoza |
| Years1: | 2008–2011 |
| Caps1: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2009–2014 |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Las Palmas (loan) |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs4: | → Alcorcón (loan) |
| Caps4: | 26 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2014–2022 |
| Caps5: | 250 |
| Goals5: | 11 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 382 |
| Totalgoals: | 15 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2009 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Víctor Laguardia Cisneros (born 5 November 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
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]
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]
| 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 | |||
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