Walter Nicolás Otta (born 12 December 1973) is an Argentine retired

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striker and currently the manager of

Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that co ...

Career

Otta is a classic example of the international journeyman footballer, and has played for 14 different teams in 11 different countries. Otta was born in

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, and started his career with

Villa Dálmine Club Villa Dálmine is an Argentine football club from Campana, Buenos Aires Province. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Due to a financial crisis, the club was named "Clu ...

in the lower leagues of Argentine football in 1993. In 1996, he moved to Chile to play for

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and then Deportivo Temuco. Between 1998 and 1999 he played for

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at the

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of English football. In 1999, he joined

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in Spain. 2000 saw him play at Marathón in Honduras and in 2001 he played for

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of Bolivia. Between 2001 and 2003 he played in Portugal with

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and then

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. He played in Peru with

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and then for

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in Ecuador. In 2004, he joined Calgary Mustangs in Canada before signing for

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

in Germany. In 2005, he returned to Argentina and Villa Dálmine before moving to Sportivo Barracas in 2007. Otta joined in January 2008 to Fénix and retired in the winter of 2009.

Coaching career

Otta started his coaching career in September 2010, becoming manager of his former club

. He was in charge until the end of 2013, also achieving promotion to

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, before he left the club to become manager of

Club Atlético Acassuso Club Atlético Acassuso is an Argentine sports club headquartered in San Isidro, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera B, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league sy ...

. He left the club in August 2015 and one month later became manager of

Unión de Mar del Plata Club Atlético Unión de Mar del Plata is an Argentine sports club from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded on December 1, 1926, and its main sports are football and basketball. In football, Unión currently plays in the To ...

. He managed the team until the end of the year and then became manager of

Deportivo Morón Club Deportivo Morón is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Deportivo Morón's football team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The club was fo ...

. Under Otta, the club had one of its best periods in the club history, but meanwhile, Otta decided to resign after a defeat on 19 October 2018. One week later, his return to

was announced. He resigned on 8 May 2019. On 22 May 2019, he became manager of

.Confirmado: Walter Otta se convirtió en el director técnico de Atlético de Rafaela
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