Walter Samuel
Samuel in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Walter Adrián Luján
Place of Birth: Laborde, Argentina
Date of Birth: 23 March, 1978
Ethnicity: Argentinian [Spanish, possibly other]
Walter Samuel, full name Walter Adrián Samuel, is an Argentinian professional footballer. A centre-back, he played for Newell’s Old Boys, Boca Juniors, Roma, Real Madrid, Internazionale, and Basel, and for the Argentinian national team.
His mother’s name is Gladys. Walter’s surname, Luján, is Spanish, and he almost certainly has Spanish ancestry. Samuel is the surname of his stepfather Oscar Samuel.
Walter is described in many websites as having Jewish roots, more specifically from his mother’s side. It is not clear if this is accurate. Walter’s mother has stated that she watches his games with a statue of the Virgin Mary, which makes it likely that Walter’s mother is Catholic by religion. Walter was married in a Catholic ceremony.
Like many people from Argentina, it is possible that he also has some Italian ancestry.
Walter is married to Cecilia, with whom he has three children.
I think he’s listed as Jewish on various websites because of the homonymy with this man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Samuel,_2nd_Viscount_Bearsted
are you mexican Andrew ? where are you from ? because you no know nothing about Spain.
Very dificult to prove that you were living in Spain those days.
“Lujan” can be a Sephardi name: http://www.metro.pr/mundo/tu-apellido-es-de-origen-sefardi-encuentralo-aqui-hay-mas-de-5-mil-en-la-lista/pGXnct!w4fVSNYN8i5Oo/
Not true, To acquiere spanish nationality by sephardim you have to present a rabbinical certificate authority, and prove conexión with Spain and with the sephardic comunity and prove that your surname is sephardic because all of this surnames are common here.
You need to present a spanish consulate certificate to show conexión with Spain, some sephardic jews have 200 or 300 years documents that can prove it , and many others requirements.
Not easy. The list is false.
http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/06/150612_sefardies_judios_espana_expulsion_nacionalidad_amv