Wálter Alberto Flores Condarco (born 29 October 1978) is a Bolivian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Bolívar's youth categories.

Club career

Born in

Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by populat ...

, Flores began playing professional football in 2000 for

Club San José Club Deportivo San José is a football club from Oruro, Bolivia, which competed in the Bolivian Primera División until its 2021 season. Founded in 1942, they have won the Bolivian league four times: in 1955, 1995, 2007, and 2018. Their colo ...

in his native Oruro. After six years and 140 games played in first division, he transferred to

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. Fourteen appearances seemed to be enough to convince

The Strongest Club The Strongest is a Bolivian professional football club based in La Paz, that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1908, their team colours are yellow and black. Although they have a home ground, Estadio Rafael Me ...

, which signed him for the 2007 season. After two great years with the ''atigrados'', Flores decided to move to the other side of town, and joined rival team Bolívar in 2009.

International career

Between 2004 and 2012, Flores has gained 31 caps for the

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, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country in 15

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matches.

Honours

Bolivar

Bolivian Primera División The División de Fútbol Profesional is the top-flight professional football league in Bolivia. In 2017 it replaced the "Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano" (; ). Since 1950, a total of 16 clubs have been crowned champions of the Bolivian foot ...

: 2009 Apertura, 2011 Adecuacion

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* * * 1978 births Living people People from Oruro, Bolivia Men's association football midfielders Bolivian men's footballers Bolivia men's international footballers Club San José players Club Real Potosí players The Strongest players Club Bolívar players 2004 Copa América players 2011 Copa América players Bolivian football managers Club Bolívar managers Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Chile {{Bolivia-footy-midfielder-stub