Sporty crystal He endured a string of very bad years before embarking on a streak of five national titles over the past decade. The great success of Roberto Mosquera’s team in 2012 meant that many today don’t remember exactly what happened in 2011. During this period, Cristal started the year with Guillermo Rivarola as coach. With just three wins in eight games, the Argentine was ousted and replaced by Juan Reynoso. Although an uprising was expected at the outset, the force found itself in free fall.
Things hadn’t gone well since the hiring of foreign reinforcements for that season. Defender Germán Rivera had an erratic performance, Carlos Espínola didn’t even play 10 games and Luis Miguel Escalada left the club mid-year. The “Chino” Ximénez, scorer in 2010, was far from the 20 goals he scored then. There, Reynoso specifically asked for a “9” that no one had on their plate: Joseph Shoro.
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How did Jose Shoro join Sporting Cristal?
Since joining Atlético Minero as a professional footballer in 2008, José Shoro has not had an outstanding season in Peruvian football. When he was under 20, he could barely play two games in Minero’s only year in the premier league. He was disqualified for the second time in 2009 and switched to Inti Gas in the middle of the season. However, things weren’t much different: he added just 18 minutes in two games.
José Shoro returned with 2010 Peru Cup runners-up Alianza Unicachi in the 2011 Second Division. This season he was finally able to establish himself as a starting striker in a team. Despite scoring just one goal in La Liga, he was the protagonist in the Copa del Inca, a tournament in which he scored twice against Juan Aurich and most notably against Sporting Cristal in the quarterfinals. Despite being eliminated on penalties, Shoro’s fate was something unthinkable.
José Shoro scored his only goals for Sporting Cristal in 2011 against Universitario. Photo: GLR archives
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José Shoro, then 21, was unveiled as Cristal’s new striker in September. Gustavo Zevalos noted that they have been targeting him since last year, but it has only recently been possible to include him. Juan Reynoso used him as a starter in a couple of games, but his only standout performance came on October 24: in Callao, the Celestes defeated Universitario 2-1 through a brace from the protagonist of this note.
What happened to Jose Shoro?
Apart from that game against the “U” and some sparks, José Shoro did not stand out at Sporting Cristal. He was part of the champion squad in 2012 but scored just 194′ in five games in the first period of Descentralizado. He underperformed in those games and was unlucky to injure Daniel Ferreyra in his first game of the year against Vallejo. Scorers Ross, Ávila and Rengifo forgot the presence of Shoro.
José Shoro shared a team with Miguel Trauco in the Unión Comercio. Photo: GLR archives
The former Atlético forward Minero quietly left the club and became a reinforcement of the Unión Comercio. Although he provided some continuity in the second half of the first leg of the Descentralizado, he scored few goals against Cienciano in Cusco and ended up completely overshadowed by goalscorer Víctor Rossel. This was José Shoro’s last season in the first division, after which he progressed through various second division teams.
Shoro stayed on the pitch with José Gálvez (2014) and Alianza Universidad (2016). However, things went downhill with La Franja. Despite starting in Huánuco for most of the year, Argentina’s Hernán Altoaguirre arrived mid-season and eclipsed him by equaling his goalscoring record in fewer games. In recent years he has played in the Copa Perú and most recently appeared in the Mundialito del Porvenir.
José Shoro in the Mundialito del Porvenir played in April 2023. Photo: Nino Garcia