Vicente Guaita

Vicente Guaita

Guaita as a Valencia player in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Vicente Guaita Panadero
Date of birth	10 January 1987
Place of birth	Torrent, Spain
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Getafe
Number	13
Youth career
1993–1995	CD Monte-Sión
1995–2006	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2009	Valencia B	49	(0)
2008–2014	Valencia	76	(0)
2009–2010	→ Recreativo (loan)	30	(0)
2014–	Getafe	61	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Vicente Guaita Panadero (Spanish pronunciation: [bi'θeŋte 'ɣwaita pana'ðeɾo]; born 10 January 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Valencia

Born in Torrent, Valencian Community, Guaita was a Valencia CF youth system graduate, being promoted to the first team for the 2008–09 season following the retirement of historical Santiago Cañizares. Additionally, as German Timo Hildebrand became ostracized by coach Unai Emery, he became the backup.

Guaita made his official debut with the main squad on 2 October 2008, in a UEFA Cup tie against C.S. Marítimo (2–1 home win).^[1] However, after the signing of veteran César Sánchez from Tottenham Hotspur later in the year and the full recovery of Renan, he remained third-choice until the end of the campaign.

In 2009–10, with Sánchez having renewed his link a further year and the signing of RCD Mallorca's Miguel Ángel Moyà, Guaita was deemed surplus to requirements and joined, on loan, Segunda División's Recreativo de Huelva.^[2] As the Andalusians finished comfortably in mid-table he was crowned the competition's Ricardo Zamora Trophy, with just 24 goals conceded in 30 appearances.

In November–December 2010, profiting from injuries to both César and Moyà, Guaita had a run of several matches for Valencia, notably a 2–1 home win against UD Almería in La Liga^[3] and a 1–1 draw at Manchester United for the season's UEFA Champions League.^[4] On 2 April 2011, as he had established himself in the starting XI, he suffered the loss of his father due to a heart attack (aged only 46),^[5] prompting manager Unai Emery to reinstate César between the posts for two games.

In late May 2011, Guaita extended his contract with Valencia until 2015.^[6] He begun the season as the starter, but picked up a serious hand injury in early November 2011, being nonetheless selected to several games by Emery as the reserve.^[7][8]

Getafe

On 31 July 2014, Guaita was sold to Getafe CF with a buy-back option.^[9] He made his debut for his new team on 24 August, in a 1–3 loss at Celta de Vigo.

Club statistics

As of 17 May 2015^[10][11]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Valencia	2008–09	2	0	3	0	3	0	8	0
	2010–11	21	0	3	0	4	0	28	0
	2011–12	26	0	2	0	2	0	30	0
	2012–13	14	0	5	0	6	0	25	0
	2013–14	13	0	3	0	7	0	23	0
	Total	76	0	16	0	21	0	114	0
Recreativo	2009–10	30	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
Getafe	2014–15	29	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2015–16	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
Career totals		134	0	16	0	21	0	171	0

Honours

Individual

• Segunda División: Zamora Trophy 2009–10

References

1. "El Valencia se clasifica sufriendo" [Valencia goes through suffering] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
2. "El guardameta Vicente Guaita jugará cedido por el Valencia CF en el Recreativo de Huelva" [Goalkeeper Vicente Guaita will play with Recreativo de Huelva on loan from Valencia CF] (in Spanish). Horta Noticias. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
3. "Soldado at the double for Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
4. "Anderson makes precious point". ESPN Soccernet. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
5. Mata: We scored quickly, and that gave us confidence; VCF Central, 4 April 2011
6. "Guaita: ´Tenía claro que quería quedarme en el VCF´" [Guaita: ´I was sure i wanted to stay with VCF´] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
7. "La mano vuelve a frenar a Guaita" [Hand stops Guaita again] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
8. "Guaita sólo para emergencias" [Guaita for emergences only] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
9. "Comunicado oficial – Traspaso de Vicente Guaita al Getafe CF" [Official announcement – Transfer of Vicente Guaita to Getafe CF] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
10. Vicente Guaita at ESPN FC
11. "Guaita". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 June 2014.

External links

• Vicente Guaita profile at BDFutbol
• Vicente Guaita profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
• CiberChe stats and bio (Spanish)