Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Nahún López Cardenas | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1977 | ||
Place of birth | La Labor, Honduras | ||
Date of death | 9 August 2015 | (aged 37)||
Place of death | La Democracia municipality, Guatemala | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
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 | 76 | (5) |
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 |
Walter Nahún López Cárdenas (1 September 1977 – 9 August 2015) was a Honduran football player.
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]
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.
N. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 March 2004 | Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
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]