Walter Ardone (born 30 January 1972) is a former Australian professional soccer player who was a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

Club career

Ardone played early football for

Sydney Olympic Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states o ...

, making his

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

debut in 1992. He moved in 1993 to

Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Football Club, commonly known as Parramatta Melita Eagles or just Melita, are a semi-professional Australian Association football, soccer club based in South Granville, New South Wales, South Granville, New South Wales. The club was e ...

where he spent a season before moving again to Heidelberg United. After a year at Heidelberg he returned to Olympic. In 1998, he moved to Sydney United for a season before a move to Parramatta Power. In two season with the Power he played 37 NSL matches. In 2002, he played thirteen times for Singapore team

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

International career

Ardone played one match for the

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in 1996 in a match against

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1972 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Sydney Olympic FC players Parramatta FC players Heidelberg United FC players Sydney United 58 FC players Parramatta Power SC players Geylang International FC players National Soccer League (Australia) players Singapore Premier League players Australia men's international soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub