Jefferson Farfán

Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟʝefeɾsoɱ faɾˈfan]; born 26 October 1984) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who mainly played as a winger.[3] Commonly known as Farfán or the nickname Foquita (Spanish for Little Seal),[4] he is known for his speed and technical ability and was one of the best providers of assists during his time in the Bundesliga.[3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Farfán and the second or maternal family name is Guadalupe.
Jefferson Farfán
Farfán playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe
Date of birth (1984-10-26) 26 October 1984
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1993–1998 Deportivo Municipal
1998–2001 Alianza Lima[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Alianza Lima 77 (28)
2004–2008 PSV 118 (57)
2008–2015 Schalke 04 170 (39)
2015–2016 Al-Jazira 12 (4)
2017–2020 Lokomotiv Moscow 51 (20)
2021–2022 Alianza Lima 17 (4)
International career
2000–2001 Peru U17 22 (20)
2001 Peru U18 4 (3)
2002–2003 Peru U20 7 (1)
2003–2004 Peru U23 5 (0)
2003–2021 Peru 102 (27)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Peru
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2001 AmbatoTeam
Copa América
Runner-up2019 Brazil
Third place2015 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Farfán began his career with Deportivo Municipal and Alianza Lima;[5][6] the latter club saw him make his professional debut in 2001. In 2002, Farfán was highlighted as one of the next best players of Peruvian football and a year later, won his second Primera División title. After winning his third league title with Alianza in 2004, he was recognized as the best Peruvian player of that year.

Having joined PSV Eindhoven in mid-2004, Farfán helped the Dutch giants win four Eredivisie titles. He signed for Bundesliga side Schalke 04 in 2008 and during his time with the club, he won the 2011 DFB-Pokal Final. In 2012, he was named the most expensive Latin American player in the league.[7] Farfán briefly played for Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates before leaving due to a breach of contract.[8] He last played in Russia for Lokomotiv, when, in his second season, helped the club win their first league title in 14 years and finished as the team's top scorer.

With the national team, Farfán is the country's second top goalscorer, behind only Paolo Guerrero. He is very popular in Peru, with coach Ricardo Gareca naming him "one of the most important players in the history of Peruvian football."[9] He helped his side finish third at the 2015 Copa América and second in Brazil 2019.

Club career

Alianza Lima

Farfán began his professional career with Alianza Lima of Peru. He made some appearances in 2001 on the first-team, and began to break through in 2002, and impacting Alianza with its 2003 Peru championship. In his final season with the club in 2004, Farfán scored 14 goals, helping the club to another Peru championship.

PSV Eindhoven
Jefferson Farfán with PSV in 2005

Following that season he was purchased by Dutch club PSV Eindhoven after being scouted by Guus Hiddink, for a reported 2 million Euro transfer fee. Farfán made his debut in the Eredivisie on 14 August in a 5–2 win against RBC Roosendal. Almost two weeks later, Farfán's European debut would come in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, a 5–0 win against Red Star Belgrade. PSV qualified for the final tournament and he played in all twelve games. In the group match against the Norwegian Rosenborg BK, he scored his inaugural European goal in 2–1 win. A month earlier, he had scored his first league goal, in a 4–0 win against SC Heerenveen. With PSV, Farfán won both the league and the cup tournament in his first season in the Netherlands. The Eredivisie would be won by PSV in the following three consecutive seasons. In the 2005/06 season, Farfán finished with 21 goals as club top scorer and fourth top scorer in the league. In his last season with PSV, Farfán was less dominant, partly due to an ankle injury he sustained during the 2007 Copa América.[10] In March 2008, rumors began to circulate about a departure from Eindhoven.[11]

FC Schalke 04

On 5 June 2008, it was reported that PSV had reached an agreement with German side Schalke 04 over the transfer of Farfán for around €10 million.[12] On 10 June 2008, the club officially confirmed the transfer of Farfán on a four-year contract.[13] On 28 April 2012, Schalke announced that Farfán had signed a contract extension, which would keep him at S04 until 30 June 2016.[14]

Al Jazira Club

On 20 July 2015, after seven years at the club, Schalke confirmed that Farfán had joined Al Jazira Club for a reported fee of €6 million on a three-year deal, where he could earn up to €10 million a year.[15]

Farfán left the club on 19 October 2016, because the club did not respect all the clauses in his contract.[8]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 28 January 2017, he signed with the Russian Premier League side FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[16] The Russian team announced his signing after an irregular 2016, where he even was inactive for a hundred days after finishing in October 2016 a millionaire contract with Al Jazira. After 6 months of recovery, Farfán had a good season making goals that allowed his team to get the national title after 14 years.[17]

He didn't appear for Lokomotiv for 14 months from May 2019 due to knee injury and a following positive test for COVID-19. He made his first appearance upon recovery on 12 July 2020 in a game against FC Ufa and scored a late equalizer for his club in a 1–1 draw.[18]

On 5 August 2020, Lokomotiv announced that Farfán left the club as his contract expired.[19]

Alianza Lima

On 22 March 2021, Farfán signed with and returned to Alianza Lima.[20]

Retirement

On 16 December 2022, Farfán announced his retirement at the age of 38.[21]

International career
Farfán training with Peru at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Farfán is an important player for the Peru national football team. Since making his debut for the side in February 2003, he has gained 95 caps and is second on the nation's career goalscoring list with 27 goals.

Farfán ended the South American 2006 World Cup qualifiers as the second top scorer, with seven goals.

He was suspended for 18 months from representing the national football team of Peru.[22] But on 3 July 2008, after an investigation and a review of the facts, the suspension was changed to three months (from the date of appeal in April 2008) and $10,000. Farfan scored the winning goal in the World Cup qualifier at home to Chile on 23 March 2013.

He was a member of the Peru national football team that finished in third place at the 2015 Copa América. Farfán has been a key performer for Peru during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers where he scored 3 goals. He scored 2 goals in a 3–4 home loss to Chile and the winner in a 1–0 home win over Paraguay. He scored one of two goals in a 2–0 home win against New Zealand that led Peru qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 36-year absence.

In June 2018 he was named in Peru's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[23] He started in their first group game against Denmark, which resulted in a 0–1 loss. Farfán started as a substitute in their second group game against France, coming on in the 46th minute to replace Yoshimar Yotún. His side were eliminated from the competition after another 0–1 loss. He missed their final group game against Australia as he was rushed to hospital after a suffering a concussion in training.[24] Peru won their final game 2–0.

In Peru's second game of the 2019 Copa América, Farfán scored a goal in Peru's 3-1 victory over Bolivia.[25] Farfán suffered an injury to his left knee prior to Peru's last-eight clash against Uruguay, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament.[26] The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) confirmed the injury, with Farfán expected to be sidelined for 6 to 9 months.[27] On 6 July 2019, Farfán underwent knee surgery in Barcelona, just hours before his team faced hosts Brazil in the 2019 Copa América Final.[28] Peru went on to lose the game 3–1 in his absence.[29]

Playing style

Farfán is considered to be a fast and technically gifted forward or winger, and is regarded less as a goal-scorer, but instead as more of an assist provider and as a creator of goals.[3] His one-on-one dribbling ability, accurate corner kicks and passes contributed heavily to Schalke's goals, especially in the international arena.[30] Farfán is also known for his penalty kick and direct or indirect free kick ability.[31]

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 November 2022[32][33][34][35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Alianza Lima Primera División 2001 10—00—10
2002 242—31—273
2003 3312—80—4112
2004 1914—54—2418
Total 7728—165—9333
PSV Eredivisie 2004–05 28840131—459
2005–06 312143821[lower-alpha 1]04426
2006–07 302132801[lower-alpha 1]04223
2007–08 297109200399
Total 118571253852017067
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2008–09 3194360—4112
2009–10 3383000—368
2010–11 283731041[lower-alpha 2]04510
2011–12 2341010000344
2012–13 2761071—357
2013–14 1992271—2812
2014–15 900000—90
Total 170391784061022853
Al Jazira Pro-League 2015–16 922000—112
2016–17 3231001[lower-alpha 3]073
Total 124510010185
Lokomotiv Moscow Russian Premier League 2016–17 6120——81
2017–18 221000941[lower-alpha 4]03214
2018–19 20810411[lower-alpha 4]0269
2019–20 3100000031
Total 512030135206925
Alianza Lima Primera División 2021 144———144
2022 30—00—30
Total 174—00—174
Career total 44515237141072160595187
  1. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  2. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  3. Appearance in UAE Super Cup
  4. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International
As of 28 January 2022[36]
Peru
YearAppsGoals
2003114
2004123
200574
200620
200791
200800
200900
201040
201161
201262
201372
201400
2015105
201610
201741
2018113
201951
202020
202150
Total10227
Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.[36]
List of international goals scored by Jefferson Farfán
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 February 2003Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima, Peru Haiti5–15–1Friendly
2.24 July 2003Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Uruguay1–13–4
3.3–2
4.6 September 2003 Paraguay4–14–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.1 June 2004Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay3–03–1
6.9 July 2004Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru Venezuela1–03–12004 Copa América
7.17 November 2004Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Chile1–02–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.30 March 2005 Ecuador2–22–2
9.3 September 2005Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela1–11–4
10.12 October 2005Estadio Jorge Basadre, Tacna, Peru Bolivia3–04–1
11.4–1
12.3 June 2007Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain Ecuador1–02–1Friendly
13.11 October 2011Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile Chile2–32–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.7 September 2012Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Venezuela1–12–1
15.2–1
16.23 March 2013 Chile1–01–0
17.6 September 2013 Uruguay1–21–2
18.3 June 2015 Mexico1–01–1Friendly
19.8 September 2015Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Colombia1–11–1
20.13 October 2015Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Chile1–13–42018 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.2–1
22.13 November 2015 Paraguay1–01–0
23.15 November 2017 New Zealand1–02–0
24.27 March 2018Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States Iceland3–13–1Friendly
25.29 May 2018Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru Scotland2–02–0
26.20 November 2018Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru Costa Rica2–22–3
27.18 June 2019Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bolivia2–13–12019 Copa América

Honours

Alianza Lima

PSV Eindhoven[35]

Schalke 04[35]

Al Jazira Club[35]

Lokomotiv Moscow[35]

Peru U18

Peru

Personal life

Farfán has three children; two sons and one daughter.[38] Having spent most of his career in Germany, he could speak German, though not fluent.

Despite his talents, since late 2000s, he is also widely known for being indisciplined and controversial. He has involved in three major national football team scandals in 2007, 2010 and 2019; the two former caused him to be suspended from the national team.[39][40][41][42]

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