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Walter Fernández Balufo (born 14 August 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Spanish professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
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 , holding home games at ''Nou Estadi Municipal del Congost'', with a capacity of 3,000 spectators. Histo ...
mainly as an
attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...
.


Football career

Born in
Caldes de Montbui Caldes de Montbui () is a Spanish town and municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia. It is situated in the upper valley of the Caldes river, and the highest point of the municipality is the peak of el Farell at 816&nbs ...
,
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Walter finished his formation at
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
. He started his senior career in the lower leagues, being successively loaned to
CF Sporting Mahonés Club de Fútbol Sporting Mahonés was a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Mahón, Menorca, in the autonomous community of Balearic Islands prior to its 2012 dissolution. History C.F. Sporting Mahonés resulted from ...
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 , holding home games at ''Estadio El Maulí'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. History Ante ...
. For 2009–10, Walter signed for four years with
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
club
Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...
, making his professional debut on 30 August 2009 by starting in a 1–0 away win against
Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...
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 Videoton may refer to: *Videoton (company) Videoton, officially VIDEOTON HOLDING Ltd., is a privately owned company group based out of Székesfehérvár, Hungary, and specializing in contract manufacturing, mainly electronics manufacturing servic ...
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 Paksi FC (''Paks''; ) is a Hungarian professional football club based in Paks. Since its founding in 1952, it has played at either a county or national level. In 2006, it ascended to '' Borsodi Liga'', or NB I, the top division in Hungarian foot ...
. He had first appeared in the
UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
11 days earlier, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 loss at
SK Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austr ...
. In the following years, Walter failed to settle with a team, representing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen,
FC Petrolul Ploiești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly referred to as FC Petrolul Ploiești (), Petrolul Ploiești or simply Petrolul, is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Ploiești, Prahova Count ...
, Skoda Xanthi F.C. and Panthrakikos FC.


Honours

Videoton *
Ligakupa The Hungarian League Cup () was an annual football tournament contested by clubs in the Hungarian League. It was created in 2007 and the competition only lasted for 8 seasons, being cancelled ahead of the 2015–16 season. Ligakupa finals The pe ...
: 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 21st-century Spanish sportsmen