Walter Nahún López

His first game in the Honduran league was on 16 November 1997 wearing the Platense shirt in La Ceiba against Vida. With Darwin Pacheco, he has been the only Honduran national league footballer from Ocotepeque Department. He finished his career with Cobán Imperial in the Guatemala's top division.

López made his debut for Honduras in a May 2000 friendly match against Canada and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match and played at the 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His final international was a June 2005 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.

Nicknamed el General, his mother was Ovidia Cárdenas and he had a brother, Fernando. López was murdered on 9 August 2015 by gangs at a Guatemalan border with Mexico. Police later stated he was shot outside the Estadio Comunal stadium in La Mesilla, La Democracia municipality, in Guatemala when visiting relatives of his wife Lesly Yamileth. He died moments later at the health center of the municipality.