Walter Vílchez

Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto (born 20 February 1982) is a Peruvian former footballer who last played for Comerciantes Unidos in the Segunda División Peruana.

Walter Vílchez
Walter Vílchez in 2007.
Personal information
Full name Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto
Date of birth (1982-02-20) 20 February 1982
Place of birth Chiclayo, Peru
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Necaxa (Assistant)
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– Necaxa (Assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Peru
Association football
Copa América
Bronze medal – third placeArgentina 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06 April 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2012

He made 64 appearances for the Peru national football team.[1]

He is the older brother of Óscar Vílchez.[2]

Club career

Vílchez 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

Club
Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal

Country
Peru national team

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "Peru – Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. "Los exitosos hermanos Vílchez" [The successful siblings Vílchez]. La República (in Spanish). 20 December 2010.
  3. Walter Vílchez at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "Chivas USA Add Veteran Defenders Walter Vilchez and Joaquin Velasquez". mlssoccer.com. 27 February 2013.
  5. "Chivas USA mutually part ways with defender Walter Vilchez | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013.
  6. "Walter Vílchez fichó por UTC de Cajamarca". tuteve.tv. 16 December 2013.
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