Walter Rubén Acuña (born 4 March 1992) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Estudiantes RC.

Career

Acuña began his career with

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club

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, making two appearances during the club's promotion-winning season of

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. In just his second

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match, Acuña scored his first career goal in a defeat to

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. In total, he made twenty appearances in the Primera División and scored five times. Midway through the

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campaign, Acuña was loaned out to Olimpo until the end of

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. He participated in twenty-six matches and scored six goals. In July 2016, Acuña signed for Colón on loan. However, after two games, he returned to Rosario Central and was released. In August 2017, Acuña joined Primera B Nacional side Juventud Unida. He made his Juventud debut on 24 September versus

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. Acuña sealed a transfer to Malta in August 2018 by signing for

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. However, the forward departed soon after; though did appear and score in a friendly match against Żejtun Corinthians on 5 August. Acuña subsequently returned to Argentina with Torneo Federal A's Villa Mitre, whom he would later go on to appear four times for. On 12 June 2019,

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of Primera B Nacional was announced as Acuña's seventh career club; effective for 3 July.

Career statistics

Honours

;Rosario Central *

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Acuña, Walter 1992 births Living people Footballers from San Nicolás de los Arroyos Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Malta Primera Nacional players Argentine Primera División players Torneo Federal A players Rosario Central footballers Club Olimpo footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Juventud Unida de Gualeguaychú players Hamrun Spartans F.C. players Club Villa Mitre footballers Deportivo Riestra players Club Almirante Brown footballers Estudiantes de Río Cuarto footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen