Walter
Personal information
Full name Walter Fernández Balufo
Date of birth (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989
Place of birth Caldes de Montbui, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manresa
Youth career
Espanyol
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Barcelona B 0 (0)
2008–2009 → Mahonés (loan)
2009 → Antequera (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2012 Gimnàstic 44 (0)
2011–2012 → Videoton (loan) 33 (1)
2013–2014 Lokeren 11 (1)
2013–2014 → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 21 (0)
2015 Skoda Xanthi 14 (0)
2015–2016 Panthrakikos 12 (0)
2016 Hospitalet 13 (0)
2017 Extremadura 10 (1)
2018–2019 Sant Julià
2019– Manresa 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2019

Walter Fernández Balufo (born 14 August 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE Manresa mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

Born in Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Catalonia, Walter finished his formation at FC Barcelona.[1] He started his senior career in the lower leagues, being successively loaned to CF Sporting Mahonés and Antequera CF.[2]

For 2009–10, Walter signed for four years with Segunda División club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, making his professional debut on 30 August 2009 by starting in a 1–0 away win against Real Murcia[3] and finishing the season with 34 matches (21 starts). In late June 2011, however, both parties agreed to cancel his contract,[4] and he was loaned to Hungarian side Videoton FC for two years.[5]

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.[6]

In the following years, Walter failed to settle with a team, representing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen,[7] FC Petrolul Ploiești,[8] Skoda Xanthi F.C. and Panthrakikos FC.[9]

Honours

Videoton

References

  1. ↑ De Nul, Jolien (10 May 2013). "Interview Walter Balufo Fernandez: ex-Barça-speler in Lokerse loondienst" [Interview Walter Fernandez Balufo ex-Barça player employed at Lokeren] (in Dutch). K.S.C. Lokeren. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "El Antequera ficha a Walter Fernández, procedente del Sporting Mahonés" [Antequera sign Walter Fernández, from Sporting Mahonés] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Nástic gana a un Murcia inofensivo en su campo" [Nástic defeat harmless Murcia in their own ground]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "El Nàstic i Walter rescinden el contrato" [Nàstic and Walter terminate contract] (in Spanish). Gimnàstic Tarragona. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "A spanyol Walter Fernandez Balufo a Vidihez igazolt" [Spaniard Walter Fernandez Balufo certified at Videoton] (in Hungarian). FMH Online. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sturm strike late to leave Videoton facing uphill task". UEFA. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Barça-speler verdwijnt langs achterdeur bij Lokeren" [Former Barça player disappears through the back door at Lokeren] (in Dutch). Belgium Soccer. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Două transferuri realizate de FC Petrolul" [Two transfers made by FC Petrolul] (in Romanian). Petrolul Ploiești. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Walter Fernández sigue en Gecia [sic] y ficha por el Panthrakikos" [Walter Fernández remains in Greece and signs for Panthrakikos] (in Spanish). Futbolistas Emigrantes. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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