Walter Samuel

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

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
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)
Honours Representing Argentina FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 1997 Malaysia FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 2005 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 May 2016.

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	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	0	42	2
	2006–07		18	3	5	0	3	0	1	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	0	13	0
	2011–12		27	2	1	0	6	1	1	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

International

Source:

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.

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

Boca Juniors

• Primera División: 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura
• Copa Libertadores: 2000

Roma

• Serie A: 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2001

Internazionale

• Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Coppa Italia: 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
• UEFA Champions League: 2009–10

FC Basel

• Swiss Super League: 2014–15, 2015–16

Argentina U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1997

Argentina

• FIFA Confederations Cup runner-up: 2005

Individual

• South American Team of the Year: 1999
• ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02, 2003–04
• Serie A Defender of the Year: 2010
• FIFA FIFPro World XI Nominee 2005, 2009, 2010
• IFFHS Argentina All Times Dream Team (Team C): 2021