Jefferson Farfán’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Peruvian footballer
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Peru 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 26 October 1984, Lima, Lima Province, Peru
Age: 35 years
Star sign Scorpio
Stats
Height: 176
Weight: 85

Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe (Peruvian Coast Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟef.feɾ.sɤɱ ˈfaɾ.fahn], Spanish pronunciation: [ˈʝefersoɱ farˈfan]; born 26 October 1984) is a Peruvian professional footballer who mainly plays as a forward or winger for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Peruvian national football team.

Commonly known as Farfán or the nickname Foca (Spanish for Seal), he is known for his speed and technical ability and was one of the best providers of assists during his time in the Bundesliga.

Club career

Alianza Lima

Farfán began his professional career with Alianza Lima of Peru, with whom he signed in 2001. Although he made some appearances at first-team in 2001, Farfán only began to break through in 2002, becoming an impact player and helping Alianza win the Peruvian championship in 2003.In his final season with the club in 2004, Farfán scored 14 goals, helping the club to another Peruvian championship.

PSV Eindhoven

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.

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. On 10 June 2008, Schalke 04 officially confirmed the transfer of Farfán on a four-year contract. On 28 April 2012, Schalke announced that Farfán had signed a contract extension, which would keep him at S04 until 30 June 2016.

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.

Farfán left the club on 19 October 2016, when his contract got terminated, as he had violated rules in his contract.

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 28 January 2017, he signed with a Russian Premier League side FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

International career

Farfán is an important player for the Peruvian national team. Since making his debut for the side in February 2003, he has already gained more than 70 caps and is fourth on the nation’s career goalscoring list with 22 goals only 7 behind all-time top scorer Paolo Guerrero.

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. 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.

He has been a key performer for Peru during the 2018 world cup qualfiers where he has scored 3 goals in 4 matches. He scored 2 goals in a 3-4 home loss to Chile and then the winner in a 1-0 home win over Paraguay.

National team

Peru national football team
Year App. Goals
2003 11 4
2004 12 3
2005 7 4
2006 2 0
2007 9 1
2010 4 0
2011 6 1
2012 6 2
2013 7 2
2015 10 5
2016 1 0
Total 75 22

International goals

Playing style

Farfán is considered as a fast forward or winger, and regarded less as a goal-scorer, but more as a creator and assister of goals. His one-on-one dribbling ability, accurate corner kicks and passes contributes heavily to Schalke’s goals, especially in the international arena. Farfán is also known for his penalty kick and direct or indirect free kick ability.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Peru League — South America Other Total
Alianza Lima Primera División 2001 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2002 24 2 3 1 27 3
2003 33 12 8 0 41 12
2004 19 14 5 4 24 18
Total 77 28 — 16 5 — 93 33
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie 2004–05 28 8 4 0 13 1 — 45 9
2005–06 31 21 4 3 8 2 1 0 44 26
2006–07 30 21 3 2 8 0 1 0 42 23
2007–08 29 7 1 0 9 2 0 0 39 9
Total 118 57 12 5 38 5 2 0 170 67
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2008–09 31 9 4 3 6 0 — 41 12
2009–10 33 8 3 0 0 0 36 8
2010–11 28 3 7 3 10 4 1 0 45 10
2011–12 23 4 1 0 10 0 0 0 34 4
2012–13 27 6 1 0 7 1 — 35 7
2013–14 19 9 2 2 7 1 28 12
2014–15 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 170 39 17 8 40 6 1 0 228 53
UAE League President’s Cup Asia Other Total
Al Jazira Pro-League 2015–16 9 2 2 0 0 0 — 11 2
2016–17 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 3
Total 12 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 18 5
Career total 377 128 34 14 94 16 4 0 509 158

Honours

  • Peruvian League: 2001, 2003, 2004
  • Eredivisie: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
  • KNVB Cup: 2004–05; runner-up 2005–06
  • DFB Pokal: 2010–11
  • DFL-Supercup: 2011; runner-up 2010
  • UAE President’s Cup: 2015–16
  • Russian Cup: 2016-17

International

  • Bolivarian Games: 2001 (Under-17)
  • Copa America: Third place 2015

    Personal life

    Farfán has three children; two sons and one daughter.

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