Walter Kannemann

Walter Kannemann
Kennemann with Grêmio in 2017
Personal information
Full name Walter Kannemann[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991
Place of birth Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Grêmio
Number 4
Youth career
1999–2009 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 San Lorenzo 70 (4)
2015–2016 Atlas 38 (1)
2016– Grêmio 238 (3)
International career‡
2018–2019 Argentina 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2019

Walter Kannemann (born 14 March 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio, which he captains.

Club career

On 21 December 2014, Kannemann joined Liga MX club Atlas on a permanent transfer.[3]

On 15 July 2016 Grêmio officially announced the signing of Walter Kannemann from Atlas for a €905,000 fee with a three-and-a-half-year contract until 31 December 2019.[4][5] On 8 December 2022, he signed a one-year contract extension until December 2023.[6] On 8 August 2023, he extended his contract until December 2025.[7]

International career

Kannemann made his international debut for Argentina on 8 September 2018 in a 3–0 international friendly against the Guatemala national football team.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 February 2025[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Lorenzo 2009–10 Primera División 10—00——10
2010–11 00—00——00
2011–12 41—60—2[c]0121
2012–13 232—201[d]0—262
2013–14 241—20——261
2014 180—005[e]02[f]0250
Total 704—1006040904
Atlas 2014–15 Liga MX 151—00——151
2015–16 230—50——280
Total 381—50——431
Grêmio 2016 Série A 130—80——210
2017 2311306112[e]0—542
2018 1801003011[e]12[g]0441
2019 171804012[e]0—411
2020 16090403[e]0—320
2021 21000403[h]0—280
2022 Série B 800000——80
2023 Série A 28010180——561
2024 13 0 11 0 2 0 5[e] 0 — 31 0
2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1572611391461203055
Career total 26576115415216043810
  1. ↑ Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ↑ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa MX, Copa do Brasil
  3. ↑ Appearances in play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ↑ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  8. ↑ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of match played 13 October 2019[10]
Argentina
YearAppsGoals
201830
201930
Total60

Honours

Club

San Lorenzo

Grêmio

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Grêmio FBPA" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Lopez Doriga Team (22 December 2014). "Walter Kannemann es confirmado como refuerzo de Atlas". López-Dóriga Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Grêmio oficializa a contratação do zagueiro argentino Walter Kannemann". Globoesporte.com. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Grêmio oficializa contratação de zagueiro argentino Walter Kannemann". UOL. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Tecnologia, Mave. "Grêmio oficializa renovação do zagueiro Kannemann". Grêmio FBPA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Teixeira, João Victor; Moura, João Eduardo (8 August 2023). "Renovação do Grêmio com Kannemann cumpre vontade mútua; veja os motivos". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Argentina vs. Guatemala – 8 September 2018 – Soccerway".
  9. ↑ Walter Kannemann at Soccerway
  10. ↑ "Walter Kannemann". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.