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{{short description|Paraguayan footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name      = José Devaca
 | image =
 | fullname = José Ricardo Devaca Sánchez
 | height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|18}}
| birth_place = [[Capiatá]], [[Paraguay]]
 | currentclub  = [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]]
 | clubnumber =
 | position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]
 | youthyears1 =
 | youthclubs1 =
 |  years1 =   2000–2001
| years2 =   2001–2002
| years3 =   2002
| years4 =   2002–2003
| years5 =   2003
| years6 =   2004–2005
| years7 =   2005
| years8 =   2006
| years9 =   2006
| years10 =  2007–2012
| years11 =   2012–2013
| years12 =   2013–
 |  clubs1 =   [[Cerro Porteño]]
| clubs2 =   [[Udinese Calcio]]
| clubs3 =   [[Cerro Porteño]]
| clubs4 =   [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs5 =   [[Cerro Porteño]]
| clubs6 =    [[Udinese Calcio]]
| clubs7 =  [[Club Libertad|Libertad]]
| clubs8 =   [[Cerro Porteño]]
| clubs9 =    [[Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]]
| clubs10 =  [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]]
| clubs11 =   [[Rubio Ñú]]
| clubs12 =  [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]]
 | caps1 =    8
| caps2 =  0
| caps3 =   13
| caps4 =   13
| caps5 =   19
| caps6 =  0
| caps7 =   21
| caps8 =   15
| caps9 =   37
| caps10 =    65
| caps11 =    10
| caps12 =   7
| goals1 =  0
| goals2 =  0
| goals3 =  1
| goals4 =  0
| goals5 =  1
| goals6 =  0
| goals7 =  0
| goals8 =  2
| goals9 =  1
| goals10 =  2
| goals11 =  0
| goals12 =  0
| nationalyears1 = 2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Paraguay national under-23 football team|Paraguay U23]]
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 =         2004–
| nationalteam2 =          [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]
| nationalcaps2 =    2
| nationalgoals2 =   0
| pcupdate = 6 August 2011
| ntupdate = 19 December 2010
}}

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'''José Ricardo Devaca Sánchez''' (born 18 September 1982) is a [[Paraguay]]an former [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] who last played for [[Club Atlético Banfield|Banfield]] of the [[Argentine Primera División]].

==Club career==
Devaca started his career at [[Cerro Porteño]] in 2000. In 2001, he moved to [[Italy]] to play for [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]], before returning to Paraguay to play again for Cerro Porteño in 2002. That same year, he moved to [[Argentina]] to play for [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|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 [[Club Libertad|Libertad]]. In 2006, he had a fourth spell at Cerro Porteño, before moving to Argentina again, to play for [[Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba|Godoy Cruz]]. In 2007, he moved to Banfield where he was part of the squad that won the [[Primera División Argentina 2009–10#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2009]] championship, helping Banfield to win the [[Primera División Argentina|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]] and part of the silver medal-winning [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Paraguayan football team]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. On 4 August, before the Summer Olympics began, he played in a preparation game against the [[Portugal Olympic football team|Portugal]] of [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] in the city of [[Algarve]], resulting in a 5–0 defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://es.besoccer.com/partido/portugal-sub-23/paraguay-sub23/200483616|title=Portugal Sub 23 vs Paraguay Sub 23 - Amistosos Selecciones Sub 23 2004: Toda la info, alineaciones y eventos}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Banfield'''
*'''[[Primera División Argentina]]''': [[Primera División Argentina 2009–10#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2009]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen]]


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