| Walter López | |
| Fullname: | Walter Nahún López Cardenas |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1977 |
| Birth Place: | La Labor, Honduras |
| Death Place: | La Democracia municipality, Guatemala |
| Position: | Wingback |
| Years1: | 1997–1999 |
| Years2: | 1999–2001 |
| Years3: | 2001–2002 |
| Years4: | 2002–2004 |
| Years5: | 2004–2007 |
| Years6: | 2007–2008 |
| Years7: | 2008–2009 |
| Years8: | 2009 |
| Years9: | 2009–2010 |
| Years10: | 2012 |
| Clubs1: | Platense |
| Clubs2: | BSV Bad Bleiberg |
| Clubs3: | Austria Salzburg |
| Clubs4: | Marathón |
| Clubs5: | Olimpia |
| Clubs6: | Motagua |
| Clubs7: | Platense |
| Clubs8: | Deportes Savio |
| Clubs9: | Peñarol La Mesilla |
| Clubs10: | Cobán Imperial |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 76 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Caps8: | 9 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Caps9: | 21 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1999–2000 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2000–2005 |
| Nationalteam1: | Honduras U23 |
| Nationalteam2: | Honduras |
| Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Walter Nahún López Cárdenas (1 September 1977 – 9 August 2015) was a Honduran football player.
His first game in the Honduran league was on 16 November 1997 wearing the Platense's shirt in La Ceiba against Vida.[1] With Darwin Pacheco, he has been the only Honduran national league footballer from Ocotepeque Department.[2]
He finished his career with Cobán Imperial in the Guatemala's top division.[3]
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[4] as well as at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
His final international was a June 2005 friendly match against Jamaica.
Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
Nicknamed el General, his mother was Ovidia Cárdenas and he had a brother, Fernando.[5]
López was murdered on 9 August 2015 by gangs at a Guatemalan border with Mexico.[6] 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.[7] He died moments later at the health center of the municipality.[8]