Walter Gaitán

Walter Gaitán
	Walter Gaitán
Personnel
Surname	Walter Nicolás Gaitán Sayavedra
birthday	March 13, 1977
place of birth	La Rioja , Argentina
size	184 cm
position	Midfielder , striker
Men's
	1 Only league games are given. ; As of August 21, 2011

Walter Nicolás Gaitán Sayavedra (born March 13, 1977 in La Rioja ) is an Argentine football player who is used in attacking midfield or in attack .

Life

Gaitán began his professional career at Rosario Central and in 1998 made the "leap across the Atlantic " to the Spanish first division club Villarreal , where he was under contract until the end of 2000. In early 2001 he returned to his homeland and played for the Boca Juniors , with whom he won the Copa Libertadores in June 2001 .

In the summer of 2002 he moved to Mexico , where he was initially under contract with the Tigres de la UANL until the end of 2007 and was the top scorer of the Mexican professional league with eleven goals in the Torneo Apertura in 2005 - tied with three other players . He then played for Necaxa and then the Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz before moving to Los Angeles Blues SC in the third US division in early 2011 . He stayed there for only a few months and then returned to his homeland, where he has been under contract with Atlético de Rafaela ever since .

personal data
SURNAME	Gaitán, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gaitán Sayavedra, Walter Nicolás (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentinian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	La Rioja , Argentina

Personnel
Walter Gaitán
Surname	Walter Nicolás Gaitán Sayavedra
birthday	March 13, 1977
place of birth	La Rioja , Argentina
size	184 cm
position	Midfielder , striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) ¹
1997-1998	Rosario Central	22 0(6)
1998-2000	Villarreal CF	44 0(7)
2001-2002	Boca Juniors	32 (12)
2002-2007	UANL Tigres	161 (64)
2008-2010	Necaxa	18 0(3)
2010	CD Veracruz	4 0(0)
2011	Los Angeles Blues SC	7 0(4)
2011–	Atlético de Rafaela	2 0(1)
¹ Only league games are given. As of August 21, 2011