José Alberto Shaffer (born 16 December 1985) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

Career

In 2006, Shaffer was loaned on a one-year deal from

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered o ...

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

to replace the departing

Oscar Wendt Oscar Joakim Wendt (born 24 October 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. A product of the IFK Skövde youth academy, Wendt started off his professional career with IFK Göteborg ...

, who moved to

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. However, he did not manage to make a first team impact, and he subsequently moved back to Argentina after his short loan spell in Europe. On 27 June 2009, it was announced that Shaffer had signed a deal with Portuguese club Benfica for €1.9 million. On 29 June, he was officially presented at Benfica's

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. However, after failing to hold on to a position in the first team, Shaffer moved once again back to Argentina on a 6-month loan to Banfield in January 2010. In 2010–2011 he was loaned to

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the Englis ...

, until the end of the season. In 2011–2012, Shaffer was loaned to União Leiria. On 27 September 2012, Shaffer terminated is contract with Benfica. In July 2013, he signed with

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known f ...

. A year later, he joined Unión La Calera in

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Career statistics

Honours

;Benfica *

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: 2009–10

References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaffer, Jose 1985 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks IFK Göteborg players Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers S.L. Benfica footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Rosario Central footballers Unión La Calera footballers U.D. Leiria players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Allsvenskan players Primeira Liga players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Argentine people of German descent