Walter Samuel

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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 45)
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)
National team
1997 Argentina U20 6 (0)
1999–2010 Argentina 56 (5)
Teams managed
2019– Argentina (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of 25 May 2016.[1][2]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 1995–96 Argentine Primera División 5 0 5 0
1996–97 35 0 35 0
1997–98 2 0 2 0
Total 42 0 42 0
Boca Juniors 1997–98 Argentine Primera División 12 0 12 0
1998–99 34 2 7 0 41 2
1999–2000 31 2 19 1 50 3
Total 77 4 26 1 103 5
Roma 2000–01 Serie A 31 1 2 0 8 3 41 4
2001–02 30 5 2 0 12 0 1[a] 0 45 5
2002–03 31 2 6 0 10 0 47 2
2003–04 30 1 2 0 8 0 40 1
Total 122 9 12 0 38 3 1 0 173 12
Real Madrid 2004–05 La Liga 30 2 2 0 8 0 40 2
Internazionale 2005–06 Serie A 27 2 5 0 9 0 1[a] 0 42 2
2006–07 18 3 5 0 3 0 1[a] 0 27 3
2007–08 12 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 18 1
2008–09 17 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 1
2009–10 28 3 1 0 13 1 0 0 42 4
2010–11 10 0 0 0 3 0 2[b] 0 13 0
2011–12 27 2 1 0 6 1 1[a] 0 35 3
2012–13 16 1 1 0 5 0 22 1
2013–14 14 2 1 0 15 2
Total 169 14 17 0 45 3 5 0 236 17
Basel 2014–15 Swiss Super League 12 1 2 0 4 0 18 1
2015–16 17 1 3 0 7 1 27 2
Total 29 2 5 0 11 1 47 3
Career total 469 31 36 0 128 8 641 39
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  2. One appearance in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearances in UEFA Super Cup

International[change | change source]

Source:[3]

Argentina
Year Apps Goals
1999 10 1
2000 10 0
2001 8 2
2002 6 0
2003 5 1
2004 6 0
2005 5 1
2006 2 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 4 0
Total 56 5
Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Samuel goal.[3]
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 February 1999 Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela  Venezuela 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 28 March 2001 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Venezuela 5–0 5–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 8 November 2001  Peru 1–0 2–0
4. 20 August 2003 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy  Uruguay 2–2 3–2 Friendly
5. 11 November 2005 Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland  England 2–1 2–3

Honours[change | change source]

Boca Juniors[4]

Roma[4]

Internazionale[5]

FC Basel[1]

Argentina U20

Argentina[1]

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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. 3.0 3.1 Wálter Samuel at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Walter Samuel – UEFA.com". Union of European Football Associations. 24 January 2011. 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.