Walter Fernández Balufo (born 14 August 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for

CE Manresa Centre d'Esports Manresa is a Spanish football team based in Manresa, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1916, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home games at ''Nou Estadi Municipal del Congost'', with a c ...

mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Born in Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Catalonia, Walter finished his formation at FC Barcelona. He started his senior career in the lower leagues, being successively loaned to CF Sporting Mahonés and

Antequera CF Antequera Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Antequera, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1992, it currently plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio El Maulí'', with a capacity of 6,000 s ...

. For 2009–10, Walter signed for four years with

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, making his professional debut on 30 August 2009 by starting in a 1–0 away win against Real Murcia and finishing the season with 34 matches (21 starts). In late June 2011, however, both parties agreed to cancel his contract, and he was loaned to Hungarian side Videoton FC for two years. 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. In the following years, Walter failed to settle with a team, representing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, FC Petrolul Ploiești,

Skoda Xanthi F.C. Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues. Founded in 1967, Xan ...

and Panthrakikos FC.

Honours

Videoton * Ligakupa: 2011–12 *

Szuperkupa The Hungarian Super Cup is an annual association football match between the League (Nemzeti Bajnokság I) champions and the Cup (Magyar Kupa) winners. Winners (*) due to violent incidents during the recent 1997–98 Magyar Kupa Final between ...

: 2011, 2012

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Walter 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