Farfan biography

Born: October 26. Growth: see Farfan with his mother and grandmother, the biography and career of football player Jefferson Farfan was born in the capital of Peru Lima. Jefferson grew up without a father, and his mother, Rosario Guadalup, did everything that her son did not need anything. Working at night, Rosario was a dancer, performed Festja - Peruvian folk dance, she drove her son to training during the day.

Farfan worships his mother, calling her the main person in his life. From the age of 7, he was engaged in football at the Academy of Deportivo Munisipal, and at the summer moved to the Lima Alliance. Then he played only one match, but with Go began to be increasingly attracted to the base. For three years, Farfan played 92 matches for the team, scored 33 goals, twice became the champion of Peru another gold medal he received in the season, and came to note the scouts of European clubs.

In the "PSV" Farfan was adapted almost immediately. He was a universal attacking player, could play at the tip of the attacks, in a brushing, wiping on a flank. For the club from Eindhoven, it was a golden time. In the season, PSV regained his champion title, and reached the semifinals of the Champions League, where in a dramatic struggle he lost to Milan. After that, the team won three championships in a row.

Farfan was involved directly with all these successes. For PSV he played a match, scored 63 goals. The “Schalke” turned out to be the most quick, who paid about 10 million euros for the forward transition. In the first season, Farfan and the south goals became the second scorer of the team, losing only to Kevin Kurani. In the season, the Peruvian goal brought the “cobalt” first for six years to the guest victory in the Ruhr derby, after which the fans of Schalke, and so good about Farfan, were ready to carry it in their hands.

Then the club took the “silver” of the German championship, and a year later he won the country's Cup and reached the Champions League semi -finals. Jefferson Farfan in Schalke 04, in general, the Peruvian played great, but injuries intervened. In the season, the football player had several, and before the start of the next, he damaged his knee and withdrew for eight months.

After restoration, Farfan received a proposal from the United Arab Emirates a profitable from a financial point of view. The football player was already 31 years old, so Jefferson did not hesitate for a long time. Forward had a permanent place at the base, helped the team win the Presidential Cup. However, the UAE Farfan was bored quite quickly. At this time, Lokomotiv was looking for a strengthening in the attack and made an offer to the Peruvian.

He did not refuse. But the next season, Farfan became the best scorer of the club of 14 goals, of which 10 are in the championship, and Lokomotiv won the Russian championship after a summer break. Having played for the "railway workers" for another two years, Farfan left the team after the expiration of the contract. In total, the Peruvian played 69 matches for Loko, scored 25 goals.

The striker of Lokomotiv Jefferson Farfan “Alliance Lima” finished Jefferson in his native club, where he was a football player of the rotation, but acted as the leader of the locker room. In and years, he won the champion of Peru with the team, and in December announced his career end. The national team for the team of Peru Jefferson Farfan played for almost two decades, spent the 5th result for it, scored 27 goals of the second scorer in the history of the national team.

As part of the national team, Farfan took part in the four cups of America, won the “silver” for the year and the “bronze” of the continental championship. Jefferson Farfan in the national team but the main thing, he became one of those who fulfilled the cherished dream of Peruvian fans.

Since the year, the team of Peru could not break into the final part of the world championships. The period of failures was interrupted in the year. The first meeting ended with a zero draw, in Lima, the Peru team won the first goal scored just Farfan. Jefferson Farfan's titles.