Walter Henrique da Silva’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Brazilian footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Brazil 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 22 July 1989, Recife
Age: 31 years
Star sign Cancer

Walter Henrique da Silva (born 22 July 1989), known simply as Walter, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Goiás Esporte Clube on loan from Portuguese club FC Porto as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Walter started his career with Esporte Clube São José, finishing his youth career with Sport Club Internacional after joining its junior team in 2006. He made his professional debuts two years later.

Walter played in 11 games in his first season in the Série A, but failed to score any goals. In May 2009, he suffered a serious injury which sidelined him for several months.

Porto

In August 2010, Walter joined FC Porto from Portugal, signing a five-year contract. The Primeira Liga club acquired the player’s registration rights and 75% of his economic rights from Uruguayan side C.A. Rentistas for €6 million, and later sold 25% to Pearl Design Holding Ltd. (a UK shell company, directed by Mário Jorge Queiroz e Castro) for €2.125 million; S.C. Internacional announced in its annual accounts that the club had received R$9,192,000 in transfer fee (around €4 million), but part of that was re-distributed to third parties for R$1,980,033– it was also reported that the side owned 50% of the player’s economic rights, with the other half belonging to third parties.

Walter played his first official game for Porto on 19 August in a UEFA Europa League play-off round against K.R.C. Genk, appearing eight minutes in a 3–0 away win. On 16 October 2010 he made his first start, scoring a hat-trick against AD Os Limianos for the season’s Portuguese Cup, in a 4–1 home success; the following month, again as a starter, he netted his first league goal, at home against Portimonense SC (2–0).

Walter spent the vast majority of his first season as a backup to Radamel Falcao, but managed to finish with ten goals all competitions comprised in 25 appearances. On 15 October 2011 he scored four in a domestic cup match against C.A. Pêro Pinheiro, in an 8–0 away win.

International career

Walter played with Brazil under-20s in the 2009 South American Youth Championship. He scored five goals in the tournament held in Venezuela, being crowned top scorer as the national team won their tenth title in the category.

Club statistics

As of 14 August 2016
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Internacional 2008 11 0 – – – – 11 0
2009 5 3 – – – – 5 3
2010 6 2 – – 8 2 15 4 29 8
Total 22 5 0 0 0 0 8 2 15 4 45 11
Porto 2010–11 13 5 4 4 3 1 5 0 0 0 25 10
2011–12 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6
Total 19 7 6 8 3 1 5 0 0 0 33 16
Cruzeiro 2012 0 0 3 1 – – – – 8 2 11 3
Total 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 11 3
Goiás 2012 28 16 0 0 – – – – 0 0 28 16
2013 32 13 8 5 – – – – 14 11 54 29
Total 60 29 8 5 0 0 0 0 14 11 82 45
Fluminense 2014 23 2 5 1 – – 1 0 11 6 40 9
2015 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 9 0 9 0
Total 23 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 20 6 40 9
Atlético Paranaense 2015 32 9 2 1 – – – – 4 1 48 11
2016 18 3 4 1 – – 0 0 12 1 34 5
Total 50 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 16 2 82 16
Career total 174 55 28 17 3 1 14 2 53 26 302 100

Honours

Club

Porto
  • Primeira Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Taça de Portugal: 2010–11
  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2010, 2011
  • UEFA Europa League: 2010–11
Goiás
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2012
  • Campeonato Goiano: 2013
Atlético Paranaense
  • Campeonato Paranaense: 2016

Country

  • South American Youth Championship: 2009
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