Walter Horacio Peralta Saracho (born 3 June 1982 in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

) is a Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 attacking midfielder/striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 currently playing for Nacional

Club Nacional de Football

Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....

 in Uruguay.

Horacio Peralta is an Uruguayan player, famous for having a "grasshopper" reputation, having played in a score of clubs all around the world. When he was a very young footballer, he demonstrated impressive capabilities, which made him to be compared to Alvaro Recoba

Álvaro Recoba

Álvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero , nicknamed "El Chino", is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Primera División Uruguaya side Club Nacional de Football...

, the famous Uruguayan striker. That early promise, however, seemed to vanish due to his behavior outside the field, where Peralta was famous for heavy partying and drinking. His playing level dropped considerably, which made it difficult for him to remain in one club.
Having resolved his problems with alcohol, Peralta tried to regain the high level he had in the past. He seems to be returning to a good game level, and is steadily improving with the Mexican club, Puebla. He scored 3 high quality goals in 11 games in the present Mexican Apertura 2008 tournament, and assisted in two other goals.

External links

• Player stats on National football teams

Honours

  Nacional

• Uruguayan League
  Primera División Uruguaya
  The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...
  
   - 2002
  Primera División Uruguaya 2002
  -Overview:It was contested by 18 teams, and Nacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Overall:-Apertura:-Clausura:-Playoff:*Danubio 1-2 ; 1-2 NacionalNacional won the championship.-Group A:-Group B:-References:*...
  
  

  Flamengo

• Brazil Cup
  Copa do Brasil
  The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...
  
   - 2006
  Copa do Brasil 2006
  The Copa do Brasil 2006 was the 18th staging of the Copa do Brasil.The competition started on February 15, 2006 and concluded on July 26, 2006 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Flamengo lifted the trophy for the second time with a 1-0...