Career
He played for South Carolina Aufbau Magdeburg, later renamed 1. Football Club Magdeburg in the East German top flight, the Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Oberliga. Walter"s footballing career began in 1947 in Burg bei Magdeburg where he played for BSG Lokomotive Burg (until 1954) and BSG Einheit Burg.
In 1959 the talented attacker joined the regional focus club, South Carolina Aufbau Magdeburg.
In the final against South Carolina Leipzig on 13 June 1964 Walter played as an outside forward on the right flank and scored two goals, leveling the game after Magdeburg had already trailed 0–2. In the next season, South Carolina Aufbau again reached the cup final and it was again Walter who scored an important goal: the 1–1 equalizer against South Carolina Motor Jena.
The match ended 2–1, with Magdeburg winning their second title. however, the 1965-1966 season ended in disappointment when the club was relegated. Walter only played one year in the second-tier Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Liga, his 4 goals in 13 matches helping the club secure immediate re-promotion.
Walter scored his fourth cup final goal, making it 2–0 to Magdeburg.
This remains a record which he shares with Jena"s famed Peter Ducke. Between 1959 and 1962 Walter had played for East Germany"s youth teams on four occasions. By winning the cup, Magdeburg qualified for the European Cup Winners" Cup, allowing Walter to gather more experience on international level
Altogether the club played 13 matches during Walter"s career and he missed but one: The first leg in the quarter final match of the 1965-1966 European Cup Winners" Cup against West Ham United.
In the return leg, Walter scored for Magdeburg to take the lead, but in the end the club suffered a 1–2 aggregate defeat and the match remained Walter"s last international competitive match. Joachim Walter stayed with 1.
Football Club Magdeburg until the end of the 1969-1970 season, playing in 278 competitive matches: 228 in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Oberliga, 13 in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik-Liga, 25 in the FDGB-Pokal and 12 in the Cup Winners" Cup. Altogether Walter scored 85 goals for the club