Walter Fernández
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Fernández Balufo | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Caldes de Montbui, Spain | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manresa | ||
Youth career | |||
Espanyol | |||
Barcelona | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Barcelona B | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Mahonés (loan) | ||
2009 | → Antequera (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2009–2012 | Gimnàstic | 44 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Videoton (loan) | 33 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Lokeren | 11 | (1) |
2013–2014 | → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2015 | Skoda Xanthi | 14 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Panthrakikos | 12 | (0) |
2016 | Hospitalet | 13 | (0) |
2017 | Extremadura | 10 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Sant Julià | ||
2019– | Manresa | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2019 |
Walter Fernández Balufo (born 14 August 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE Manresa mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Football career
[edit]Born in Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Catalonia, Walter finished his formation at FC Barcelona.[1] He started his senior career in the lower leagues, being successively loaned to CF Sporting Mahonés and Antequera CF.[2]
For 2009–10, Walter signed for four years with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, making his professional debut on 30 August 2009 by starting in a 1–0 away win against Real Murcia[3] and finishing the season with 34 matches (21 starts). In late June 2011, however, both parties agreed to cancel his contract,[4] and he was loaned to Hungarian side Videoton FC for two years.[5]
Walter played his first match in top flight football on 24 July 2011, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home success over Paksi SE. He had first appeared in the UEFA Europa League 11 days earlier, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 loss at SK Sturm Graz.[6]
In the following years, Walter failed to settle with a team, representing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen,[7] FC Petrolul Ploiești,[8] Skoda Xanthi F.C. and Panthrakikos FC.[9]
Honours
[edit]Videoton
- Ligakupa: 2011–12
- Szuperkupa: 2011, 2012
References
[edit]- ^ De Nul, Jolien (10 May 2013). "Interview Walter Balufo Fernandez: ex-Barça-speler in Lokerse loondienst" [Interview Walter Fernandez Balufo ex-Barça player employed at Lokeren] (in Dutch). K.S.C. Lokeren. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "El Antequera ficha a Walter Fernández, procedente del Sporting Mahonés" [Antequera sign Walter Fernández, from Sporting Mahonés] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "El Nástic gana a un Murcia inofensivo en su campo" [Nástic defeat harmless Murcia in their own ground]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "El Nàstic i Walter rescinden el contrato" [Nàstic and Walter terminate contract] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "A spanyol Walter Fernandez Balufo a Vidihez igazolt" [Spaniard Walter Fernandez Balufo certified at Videoton] (in Hungarian). FMH Online. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Sturm strike late to leave Videoton facing uphill task". UEFA. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Ex-Barça-speler verdwijnt langs achterdeur bij Lokeren" [Former Barça player disappears through the back door at Lokeren] (in Dutch). Belgium Soccer. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Două transferuri realizate de FC Petrolul" [Two transfers made by FC Petrolul] (in Romanian). Petrolul Ploiești. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Walter Fernández sigue en Gecia [sic] y ficha por el Panthrakikos" [Walter Fernández remains in Greece and signs for Panthrakikos] (in Spanish). Futbolistas Emigrantes. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Walter Fernández at BDFutbol
- Walter Fernández at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Walter Fernández at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Vallès Oriental
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- CF Sporting Mahonés players
- Antequera CF footballers
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- Extremadura UD footballers
- CE Manresa players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
- Fehérvár FC players
- Belgian Pro League players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Liga I players
- FC Petrolul Ploiești players
- Super League Greece players
- Xanthi F.C. players
- Panthrakikos F.C. players
- UE Sant Julià players
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen