Place of birth Chiclayo, Peru Name Walter Vilchez Career start 2000 Years Team Weight 77 kg | Number 4 Height 1.83 m Playing position Role Footballer Siblings Oscar Vilchez | |
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Full name Walter Ricardo Vilchez Soto Date of birth (1982-02-20) 20 February 1982 (age 33) Current teams Peru national football team (Defender), Universidad Tecnica de Cajamarca (#4 / Defender) | ||
Walter Ricardo Vílchez Soto (born 20 February 1982) is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for César Vallejo in the Segunda División Peruana.
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He has made 64 appearances for the Peru national football team.
He is the older brother of Óscar Vílchez.
Club career
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.
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 FC José Luis Sánchez Solá. Vílchez and Chivas USA mututally parted company on 26 July 2013.
Walter returned to Peru and joined the club UTC for the 2014 season