José María Belforti Rodríguez (born 4 July 1981) is an

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former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Belforti played in the

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with

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

, also representing in his country

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentina, Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in Primer ...

. After a spell in Italy at

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in amateur football he moved to Spain in 2006, where he spent the remainder of his career, almost exclusively in the lower leagues. In the 2011–12 season, Belforti contributed 34 games and one goal (

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included) as

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

promoted to the

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for only the second time in its history. He made his debut in the competition on 17 February 2013, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 away loss against

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

Personal life

Belforti's

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brother, Martín, was also a footballer. A

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, he too played several seasons in Spain.

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