Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto (born 20 February 1982) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back
 Walter Vílchez in 2007. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chiclayo, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Alianza Lima | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Virgen de Chapi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Deportivo Wanka | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Unión Minas | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Sport Coopsol Trujillo | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Alianza Lima | 68 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Olimpo | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Sporting Cristal | 62 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Cruz Azul | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | → Puebla (loan) | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cienciano | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Alianza Lima | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Sporting Cristal | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Chivas USA | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | UTC | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Real Garcilaso | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Alianza Universidad | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Universidad César Vallejo | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Deportivo Coopsol | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Comerciantes Unidos | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2012 | Peru | 64 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Necaxa (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He made 64 appearances for the Peru national team.[1]
He is the older brother of Óscar Vílchez.[2]
Club career
editVílchez made his league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado in the 2000 season playing for Deportivo Wanka.[3] In the following two seasons he played for, successively, smaller clubs Unión Minas and Sport Coopsol Trujillo. In 2003, he joined top Peruvian club Alianza Lima, who were national champions in 2003 and 2004. In the first half of 2005 Vilchez played with Club Olimpo de Bahía Blanca (Argentina). In the second half of 2005 he returned to Peru to play for Sporting Cristal and won the 2005 league title.
In 2007, he went to Mexico to play for Club Deportivo Cruz Azul. He then went to Puebla F.C. on loan and became an important player for the club, remaining there until 2009. At the start of the following year, it became official, according to his representative, that Club Atlante attempted to sign him for one year. However, after several days training in Cancún, the club's president announced that his move would not be possible given that there were no more places for a foreign player on the team roster.
Vilchez returned to Peru in 2009, signing with Cienciano. After one year at the club he rejoined Alianza Lima. In 2011, he joined Sporting Cristal and helped the club capture a league title in 2012.
On 26 February 2013, Major League Soccer club Chivas USA announced they had signed Vílchez along with Mexican defender Joaquín Velázquez, reuniting with their former coach at Puebla F.C. José Luis Sánchez Solá.[4] Vílchez and Chivas USA parted company on 26 July 2013.[5]
Walter returned to Peru and joined the club UTC for the 2014 season[6]
Honours
editAlianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Peru
- Copa América bronze medal: 2011
References
edit- ^ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "Peru – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Los exitosos hermanos Vílchez" [The successful siblings Vílchez]. La República (in Spanish). Peru. 20 December 2010.
- ^ Walter Vílchez at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Chivas USA Add Veteran Defenders Walter Vilchez and Joaquin Velasquez". mlssoccer.com. 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Chivas USA mutually part ways with defender Walter Vilchez | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013.
- ^ "Walter Vílchez fichó por UTC de Cajamarca". tuteve.tv. 16 December 2013.
External links
edit- Official website
- Walter Vílchez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Walter Vílchez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Walter Vílchez at Soccerway