Jamath Shoffner

Jamath Shoffner

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-07-10) 10 July 1978
Place of birth	United States
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Carolina Dynamo	5	(0)
2002-2003	Borussia Neunkirchen	15	(0)
2003	Virginia Beach Mariners	6	(0)
	SV Weil
	Avenir Beggen		(2)
2009-2010	Käerjéng	15	(1)
Total		41	(2)
Managerial career
2005-2008	Montreat College
2011-2014	Wayland Baptist University
2015-2017	Luxembourg Men's National Team
2017-2018	Luxembourg U19 National Team
2019-2020	Royal Excelsior Virton
2021-2022	FC Jeunesse Canach
2022	Charlotte F.C. (Asst)
2023-2024	F91 Dudelange
2024-...	KV Oostende
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jamath Shoffner (born 10 July 1978) is an American former soccer player who is last known to have played as a defender and midfielder for Käerjéng. He is currently the head coach for KV Oostende in the Belgian Pro League "D1B" (Second Tier) where he arrived on January 15th, 2024 from Dudelange. Three days later, Shoffner leads his new team to a Cup stunt, against Belgian Top Tier RWD Molenbeek in order to clinch a Belgian Cup semifinal berth, for the second time in club history.

Shoffner is one of only a few American coaches to currently hold a UEFA Pro Licence.

Playing career

Shoffner attended University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 1996 to 2000 and helped the Charlotte 49ers men's soccer program to the College Cup Semi Finals and to a #2 NCAA Division 1 National ranking.

His professional playing career started in the League of Ireland Premier Division for Shelbourne F.C. This occurred right after the club He joined the club after the club qualified for the Champions League. He made his home debut in a friendly against Manchester United.

Shoffner also played at Borussia Neunkirchen in Germany, where he helped the club capture the Saarland Pokal.

After a few short forays in the USA, he ended his playing career in Luxembourg where he played in the BGL League for Avenir Beggen and UN Kaerjeng. At Kaerjeng, he started both of their Europa League matches.

Coaching career

Shoffner began his European coaching career in Luxembourg, where he coached for various youth national teams. He was then the assistant coach for the Luxembourg Senior National Team during World Cup Qualifying. He was then a part of the staff for the USA U20 National Team during the 2019 World Cup in Poland, where players such as Timothy Weah, Sergino Dest, and Chris Richards headlined the team.

He then went on to be an assistant coach at Excelsior Virton in Belgium under Dino Toppmoller.

After Virton, Shoffner was named the head coach of Jeunesse Canach in Luxembourg where he led the team from the relegation zone to a top 10 finish, 4th highest ranking in the 2nd round of the league, and ended the season with an eight match unbeaten streak.

After the season, Coach Shoffner then joined the staff at Charlotte FC in the MLS in the USA under Christian Lattanzio which boasted names like Christian Fuchs and Karol Swiderski.

He is currently the head coach for F91 Dudelange in the Luxembourg National Division. In the 2023 season, he led the team to three wins in the Europa Conference League, defeating St Patrick's Athletic both home and away. This was the first time a Luxembourgish club had advanced to the next round in European competition over an Irish Premier League opponent.

With a budget reduced by nearly 40% and the loss of numerous starters from the previous year, Dudelange finished the first half of the 2023 season sitting in 2nd place after rattling off an eight match unbeaten streak with five consecutive league matches without conceding a goal. They also defeated FC Kaiserslautern 0-1 in a friendly match during this time.

External links

• Jamath Shoffner at soccerstats.us
• Jamath Shoffner at Soccerway
• Jamath Shoffner at WorldFootball.net