Walter Nahún López
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Nahún López Cardenas | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1977 | ||
Place of birth | La Labor, Honduras | ||
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Place of death | La Democracia municipality, Guatemala | ||
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Position(s) | Wingback | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997-1999 | Platense | ||
1999-2001 | BSV Bad Bleiberg | 28 | (0) |
2001-2002 | Austria Salzburg | 6 | (0) |
2002-2004 | Marathón | ||
2004-2007 | Olimpia | ||
2007-2008 | Motagua | 12 | (1) |
2008-2009 | Platense | 8 | (0) |
2009 | Deportes Savio | 9 | (0) |
2009-2010 | Peñarol La Mesilla | 21 | (3) |
2012 | Cobán Imperial | ||
International career | |||
1999-2000 | Honduras U23 | ||
2000-2005 | Honduras | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Walter Nahún López Cárdenas (1 September 1977 – 9 August 2015) was a Honduran football player.
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Club career
His first game in the Honduran league was on 16 November 1997 wearing the Platense's shirt in La Ceiba against Vida.[1] With Darwin Pacheco, he has been the only Honduran national league footballer from Ocotepeque Department.[2]
He finished his career with Cobán Imperial in the Guatemala's top division.[3]
International career
López made his debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[4] and played at the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup[5] as well as at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
His final international was a June 2005 friendly match against Jamaica.
International goals
- Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 March 2004 | Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela | Venezuela | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
Personal life and murder
Nicknamed el General, his mother was Ovidia Cárdenas and he had a brother, Fernando.[6]
López was murdered on 9 August 2015 by gangs at a Guatemalan border with Mexico.[7] Police later stated he was shot outside the Estadio Comunal stadium in La Mesilla, La Democracia municipality, in Guatemala when visiting relatives of his wife Lesly Yamileth.[8] He died moments later at the health center of the municipality.[9]
References
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- ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Cobán Imperial: Debutará López - Guatefutbol
- ↑ Walter Nahún López – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2005 - Details - RSSSF
- ↑ Madre de Walter López: "Dios por qué me llevaste mi hijo" - Diez (Spanish)
- ↑ LaPrensa.hn – Asesinan al futbolista hondureño Walter López – 9 August 2015
- ↑ Informe Policial: Asesino de Walter López huyó posiblemente a México - Diez (Spanish)
- ↑ Walter López murió en Centro de Salud del municipio La Democracia - Diez (Spanish)
External links
- Walter Nahún López at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1977 births
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- People from Ocotepeque Department
- Association football defenders
- Honduran footballers
- Honduras international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Honduras
- Platense F.C. players
- FC Red Bull Salzburg players
- C.D. Marathón players
- Club Deportivo Olimpia footballers
- C.D. Motagua players
- Deportes Savio players
- Coban Imperial players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
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