Profile Jefferson Farfán

Personal information :

Full name : Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe
Date of birth : 26 October 1984
Place of birth : Villa el Salvador, Lima, Peru
Height : 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Striker / Winger
Current club : Schalke 04
Number : 17
Youth career :
1993–2000 Deportivo Municipal
2000–2001 Nuneaton Borough
Senior career :
2001–2004 Alianza Lima
2004–2008 PSV Eindhoven
2008– Schalke 04
National team :
2003– Peru

Club career

Farfán originated his businessman career with Alianza Lima of Peru, with whom he gestured for in 2001. Although he prepared several arrivals at first-team in 2001, Farfán merely originated to breach through in 2002, becoming an impact actor and facilitating Alianza win the Peruvian championship in 2003. In his final season with the club in 2004, Farfán scored 14 targets, facilitating the club to another Peruvian championship. Following that season he was purchased via Dutch club PSV Eindhoven afterwards being scouted via Guus Hiddink, for a reported two million Euro transfer fee. On 5 June 2008, it was reported that PSV had arrived an accordance with German side FC Schalke 04 across the transfer of Farfán for circle €10 million. On ten June 2008, Schalke 04 officially confirmed the transfer of Farfán on a four-year deal.

International career

Farfán is already an significant actor for the Peru national team. Since earning his debut for the side in February 2003, he has already accrued more than thirty caps. He has also contributed crucial targets for PSV both domestically as well as in the UEFA Champions League which saw PSV relishing a fine run to the semi-finals in the 2004–05 season. Jefferson Farfán ended the South American 2006 World Cup qualifiers as the second lid scorer, with seven goals. He was suspended for 18 months from on behalf of the national football team of Peru. But on three July 2008, afterwards an analysis and a audit of the observations, the suspension was altered to three months (from the date of attract in April 2008) and $10,000.