Walter Fernández

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Balufo.
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)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hospitalet
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 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2016.


Walter Fernández Balufo (born 14 August 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CE L'Hospitalet 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 game in top flight football on 24 July 2011, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home success over Paksi SE. 11 days earlier he had first appeared in the UEFA Europa League, 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.

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 signs 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 defeats harmless Murcia in its own ground] (in Spanish). Marca. 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" [Spanish 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.com. 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]. Belgium Soccer. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Două transferuri realizate de FC Petrolul" [Two transfers made by FC Petrolul]. Petrolul Ploiești. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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