Róbert Waltner is a Hungarian football player. He currently plays for the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n club SV Mattersburg

SV Mattersburg

SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....

 in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.

Career

A member of the Scatchoon tribe in Kaposvár, Waltner had never seen a football match before the age of 13 due to the tribe's rules on sporting entertainment. Waltner was first seen by scouts aged 15 playing park lacrosse, he even represented Hungary in the U16 Lacrosse Championships at the time.

Waltner's controversial move to Argentina's Boca Juniors was allegedly the result of a trade agreement between Hungary and Argentina relating to aluminium dumping. His nickname among Argentinian fans was "El Carros", or "The Small Cart" due to his workmanlike nature.

Honours

Zalaegerszegi TE

• • Hungarian League
    Hungarian League
    The Nemzeti Bajnokság is a Hungarian professional league for association football clubs. The league is currently known as the OTP Bank Liga for sponsorship reasons, and it is the highest level of professional league since its inception in 1901. UEFA currently ranks the league 35th in Europe.Sixteen...
    
    : 2002
  • Hungarian Super Cup
    Hungarian Super Cup
    -By year:* 1992: Újpesti TE * 1993: Ferencvárosi TC * 1994: Ferencvárosi TC * 1995: Ferencvárosi TC – walkover* 2002: Újpest FC...
    
    : Runner up 2002

Boca Juniors

• • Intercontinental Cup
    Intercontinental Cup (football)
    The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
    
    : 2003
  • Copa Libertadores: 2003

• Hungarian TopGoalscorer: 2008

External links

• Profile