Biography of Walter Samuel -

Walter Adrian Samuel (born March 23, 1978 in
Laborde, CÃ³rdoba, Argentina|Cordoba Province) is
an Argentina|Argentine football (soccer) player
who currently plays for Internazionale of the
Seria A|Italian league, and for the Argentina
national football team|Argentine national team.

Samuel started playing professionally in 1996 in
Argentina for Newell's Old Boys, and a year later
moved to Boca Juniors where he stayed until 2000.
In that year AS Roma bought his pass for
22,250,000 US Dollars, and in 2004 Real Madrid
bought it for 25,000,000 Euros, almost 30,000,000
US Dollars. in August 2005, he transfered to
Internazionale for 16 million Euros, and a 4 year
contract of 4.8 million dollars per year.

The centre back|centre-back got the nickname of Il
Muro (The Wall) while playing for AS Roma in
Italy, due to his defensive skills.

He played 45 matches for the Argentine national
team, scoring 4 goals. He played for his country
in the Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cup.

===Club History===
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!bgcolor=#efefef width=20%|Season
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|2005~2006||Internazionale||-||-
|- align=left bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2004~2005||Real Madrid||19||1
|- align=left bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2003~2004||AS Roma||30||1
|- align=left bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2002~2003||AS Roma||31||2
|- align=left bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2001~2002||AS Roma||30||5
|- align=left bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2000~2001||AS Roma||31||1
|- align=left bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1999~2000||Boca Juniors||29||2
|- align=left bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1998~1999||Boca Juniors||34||2
|- align=left bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1997~1998||Boca Juniors||12||0
|- align=left bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1996~1997||Newell's Old Boys||37||0
|}

===Achievements===

*2001 SuperCoppa Italiana|Italian Super Cup (AS
Roma)
*2001 Serie A|Italian Championship (AS Roma)
*2000 Copa Libertadores (Boca Juniors)
*1999 Primera DivisiÃ³n Argentina|Argentine
Clausura Championship (Boca Juniors)
*1998 Primera DivisiÃ³n Argentina|Argentine
Apertura Championship (Boca Juniors)
*1997 FIFA's Football World Youth Championship

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