Walker Américo Fonio ( port. Walker Américo Frônio ; born February 15, 1982 , Americana , São Paulo ) - Brazilian footballer and Indepente club midfielder ( Limeira ).
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| Full name | Walker Americo Fronio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | Americana , state of Sao Paulo , Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 177 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Independente (Limeira) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Club career
Walker began his sports career at the Guarani Football Club in Campinas , São Paulo . In 1999, Walker was in Amsterdam " Ajax ". As part of the youth team of this club, the Brazilian midfielder participated in the Netherlands Cup of the 2001/02 season, in which the main team of Ajax also played. In the 1/8 final match against Twente , which took place on December 12, 2001, Walker, in the 97th minute of the match, scored a golden goal from the penalty spot, which helped his team win with a score of 2-1 and reach the quarter finals [1 ] . With the youth team, Walker was able to reach the cup semi-finals, but in it the team lost to Utrecht in a penalty shootout with a score of 6: 7. The main team of Ajax was able to reach the Cup final and beat Utrecht with a score of 2: 3, thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s golden goal in the 93rd minute of the match [2] .
In 2002, Walker was loaned for one season to the Belgian club Germinal Beershot . At the professional level, the Brazilian made his debut on September 15, 2002 in the championship match of Belgium against the club La Louviere , replacing Antoni Obodai in the 42nd minute, the match ended in a draw 1: 1 [3] . In the debut season for the club spent 23 matches in the championship and scored one goal scored [4] . After the end of the lease, Walker returned to the location of the youth team of Ajax, and after a season, in 2004, he moved to Atletico Mineiro [5] , where in two years he spent 45 matches in the Brazilian championship and scored 1 goal. Then he played for the Brazilian Juventude , Nautico Recife and Itumbiara . Since May 2008, Walker again advocated Juventude.
In the summer of January 2010, Walker joined the club " Rio Clara ", playing in the League of Paulista . Walker made his debut for the team on January 21 in a match against the Paulista club, which ended with the defeat of Rio-Clara with a score of 2: 1 [6] . For seven months in the team, he spent 16 matches in the championship. In July 2010, Walker became a player in the club " Santo Andre " from the city of the same name .
Career in the national team
In 1999, Walker played for the Brazilian youth team at the World Championships in New Zealand. At the tournament, Walker played in all matches, and also became a champion [7] .
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Links
- Profile on sambafoot.com (English)