José Ricardo Devaca Sánchez (born 18 September 1982) is a

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

an former

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who last played for Banfield of the

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Club career

Devaca started his career at

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

in 2000. In 2001, he moved to

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to play for

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

, before returning to Paraguay to play again for Cerro Porteño in 2002. That same year, he moved to

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to play for Lorenzo, before moving back to Paraguay in 2003 for a third spell at Cerro Porteño. In 2004, he once again moved to Italy and Udinese, returning again to Paraguay in 2005, this time to play for Libertad. In 2006, he had a fourth spell at Cerro Porteño, before moving to Argentina again, to play for Godoy Cruz. In 2007, he moved to Banfield where he was part of the squad that won the Apertura 2009 championship, helping Banfield to win the Argentine league championship for the first time in its history.

International career

Devaca made his senior international debut on July 24 at the age of 21.8 years. Devaca was a member of the Paraguayan squad at the

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del ...

and part of the silver medal-winning Paraguayan football team at the

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. On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the

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in the city of

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, resulting in a 5–0 defeat.

Honours

Banfield *

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: Apertura 2009

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* * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Capiatá Footballers from Central Department Paraguayan men's footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Cerro Porteño players Udinese Calcio players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Libertad footballers Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players 2004 Copa América players Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Olympic footballers for Paraguay Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Paraguay Olympic medalists in football Club Rubio Ñu footballers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Men's association football defenders 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen {{Paraguay-footy-defender-stub