Walter Hernández (footballer)

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walter Hernández

| image =

| fullname = Walter Joel Castro Hernández Ordoñez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|28}}

| birth_place = Puerto Cortés, Honduras

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Midfielder

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| nationalyears1= 2002–2004

| nationalteam1= Honduras

| nationalcaps1= 12 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = February 20, 2008

| ntupdate = May 20, 2008

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Walter Joel Hernández Ordoñez (born 28 December 1978) is a Honduran football midfielder who currently plays for Platense in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Club career

Nicknamed el Zurdo, he started his career at hometown club Platense, before moving abroad to have a short stint in Mexican football with Puebla.[http://msn.mediotiempo.com/jugador/walter-hernandez&id_liga=1&id_torneo=36 2002 stats] - Mediotiempo He also played for Real España, and Hispano but has played the majority of his career for Olimpia in Tegucigalpa in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

The left-sided midfielder was released by Olimpia in August 2011[http://archivo.elheraldo.hn/Zona%20Deportiva/Ediciones/2011/08/19/Noticias/Walter-Hernandez-queda-fuera-del-Olimpia Walter Hernández queda fuera del Olimpia] - El Heraldo {{in lang|es}} and he joined Atlético Choloma for the 2012 Clausura.[http://m.diez.hn/Ediciones/2011/12/12/Noticias/No-tuve-problemas-con-Tosello-Walter-Hernandez "No tuve problemas con Tosello": Walter Hernández] - Diez {{in lang|es}} He returned to his original team Platense to play in the 2012 Apertura.[http://m.diez.hn/Ediciones/2012/09/26/Noticias/Platense-pide-reconsiderar-fuerte-castigo-contra-Walter-Hernandez Platense pide reconsiderar fuerte castigo contra Walter Hernández] - Diez{{in lang|es}}

International career

Hernández made his debut for Honduras in a November 2002 friendly match against Colombia and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/03gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details] - RSSSF

His final international was a November 2004 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

{{tooltip\|N.\|Goal number}}	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
align="center" \| 1.	27 April 2003	Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique	{{fb\|MTQ\|snake}}	align="center" \| 4–2	align="center" \| 4–2	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification