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Walter Samuel
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Argentine association football player (born 1978)
Walter Samuel is an Argentine soccer player born in 1978 who played during a notable era of Argentine football. He is recognized as part of the country's football history during the late 1990s and 2000s.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Argentina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adrián
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Laborde
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Argentina men's national association football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Argentina
- Mass
- 81
- Image
- Walter Samuel - Inter Mailand (1).jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Walter Samuel
- date of birth
- 1978-03-23
- sport number
- 6
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- birth name
- Walter Adrián Luján
- name in native language
- Walter Samuel
- coach of sports team
- Argentina men's national association football team
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Walter Adrián Samuel ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwalteɾ saˈmwel]; born Walter Adrián Luján; 23 March 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Samuel has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation, and as one of football's toughest defenders, with former international teammate and Inter captain Javier Zanetti referring to him as the "hardest player" he has played with.
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