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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) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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César Vallejo | ||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
Alianza Lima | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1999 | Virgen de Chapi | (0) | |||||||||||||
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 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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- | César Vallejo | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
2001–2012 | Peru | 64 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06 April 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2012 |
Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto (born 20 February 1982) is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for César Vallejo in the Segunda División Peruana.
He has made 64 appearances for the Peru national football team.
He is the older brother of Óscar Vílchez.
Walter Vílchez made his league debut in the Torneo Descentralizado in the 2000 season playing for Deportivo Wanka. The following seasons he played for smaller clubs Unión Minas and Sport Coopsol Trujillo. In 2003 he joined top Peruvian club Alianza Lima and was national champion with the club in 2003 and 2004. In the first half of 2005 he played with Club Olimpo de Bahia 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 FC on loan and became an important player for the club, remaining there until 2009. At the start of the following year, it became official that club Atlante, according to his representative, attempted to sign him for one year. However, after several days training in Cancun, the clubs President announced that his move would not be possible given that there were no more places for a foreign player on the team roster.
He 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.