Walter Samuel

Walter Samuel
Samuel with Internazionale in October 2011
Personal information
Full name Walter Adrián Samuel
Birth name Walter Adrián Luján
Date of birth (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978 (age 48)
Place of birth Laborde, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Newell's Old Boys 42 (0)
1997–2000 Boca Juniors 77 (4)
2000–2004 Roma 122 (9)
2004–2005 Real Madrid 30 (2)
2005–2014 Internazionale 169 (14)
2014–2016 Basel 29 (2)
Total 469 (31)
International career
1997 Argentina U20 6 (0)
1999–2010 Argentina 56 (5)
Managerial career
2019– Argentina (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1997 Malaysia
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up2005 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Samuel (born 23 March 1978) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Internazionale Milano and Argentina national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 May 2016.
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newell's Old Boys 1995–96 Argentine Primera División 50———50
1996–97 350———350
1997–98 20———20
Total 420———420
Boca Juniors 1997–98 Argentine Primera División 120———120
1998–99 342—70—412
1999–2000 312—191—503
Total 774—261—1035
Roma 2000–01 Serie A 3112083—414
2001–02 3052012010455
2002–03 31260100—472
2003–04 3012080—401
Total 12291203831017312
Real Madrid 2004–05 La Liga 3022080—402
Internazionale 2005–06 Serie A 272509010422
2006–07 183503010273
2007–08 120105100181
2008–09 171201000201
2009–10 2831013100424
2010–11 100003020130
2011–12 272106110353
2012–13 1611050—221
2013–14 14210——152
Total 169141704535023617
Basel 2014–15 Swiss Super League 1212040—181
2015–16 1713071—272
Total 29250111—473
Career total 469313601288—64139
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. ↑ One appearance in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearances in UEFA Super Cup

International

Source:

Argentina
YearAppsGoals
1999101
2000100
200182
200260
200351
200460
200551
200620
200700
200800
200900
201040
Total565
Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Samuel goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 February 1999Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela1–02–0Friendly
2. 28 March 2001El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Venezuela5–05–02002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 8 November 2001 Peru1–02–0
4. 20 August 2003Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy Uruguay2–23–2Friendly
5. 11 November 2005Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland England2–12–3

Honours

Boca Juniors

Roma

Internazionale

FC Basel

Argentina U20

Argentina

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Argentina – W. Samuel – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Football : Walter Samuel". Football Database. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Wálter Samuel at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. 1 2 "Walter Samuel – UEFA.com". Union of European Football Associations. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "WALTER ADRIAN SAMUEL – CAREER AND HONOURS". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "INTER TRIUMPH AT AIC 2010 'FOOTBALL OSCARS'". 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "News & Media - FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro World Players' Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "IFFHS ALL TIME ARGENTINA MEN'S DREAM TEAM". 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.