Walter Fabián Assmann (born 23 March 1986) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Born in Zárate, Assmann made his debut on 21 April 2007, and played two more games in the 2007 Clasura competition. For the 2007 Apertura competition he wears the number 1 shirt, inheriting the starting goalkeeper position from

Oscar Ustari Oscar Alfredo Ustari (born 3 July 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Pachuca. After starting out at Independiente he spent most of his professional career in Spain, mainly with Getafe where ...

, who left Independiente for Spanish ''

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'' side

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

at the start of the 2007-08 season. On August 2009, he was loaned to

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club

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. The Argentine goalkeeper returned to Independiente in July 2010. Assmann later joined Mexican club

Venados F.C. Venados Fútbol Club is a Mexican football club based in Mérida, Yucatán. The team are currently playing in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican football league system. For the Clausura 2011 season they became the filial ...

after six years in total with Independiente. The Argentine only stayed in

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for six months however, making 12 appearances with Venados. In January 2015 Assmann joined Argentine club

Quilmes Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , on the south east of the Greater Buenos Aires. The city was founded in 1666 and it is the seat of the Quilmes Partido, eponymous county. With a population of 230 ...

, staying at the club for one year, racking up 10 appearances. After his one year stint in

, Assmann joined Vélez Sarsfield. He stayed at the

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for 18 months before transferring to fellow

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club, Agropecuario where he stayed for just under a year, only making five appearances. In 2018 Assmann joined Aldosivi, staying at the club for three years but only making a total of five appearances for the

club. Staying in Buenos Aires, Assmann joined

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

in the January of 2022 where he made four appearances for Defe before retiring from the sport later on in the year.

Honours

Independiente *

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References

External links

Profile
at Vélez Sarsfield's official website
Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI * 1986 births Argentine people of German descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine expatriate men's footballers People from Zárate, Buenos Aires Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Living people Club Atlético Independiente footballers UD Las Palmas players Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Venados F.C. players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Agropecuario Argentino players Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{Argentina-footy-goalkeeper-stub