Gonzalo Farfán

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Gonzalo Farfán
Personnel
Surname Gonzalo Farfán Infante
birthday February 25, 1961
place of birth Mexico City ,  Mexico
size 1.77 m
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1984 Atlante 43 (10)
1984-1994 America 330 (64)
1994-1995 Toros Neza 35 0(9)
1995-1996 Deportivo Toluca 22 0(0)
1996 CF Pachuca 4 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1984-1993 Mexico 27 0(5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1997 America
2000 America
1 Only league games are given.

Gonzalo Farfán (born February 25, 1961 in Mexico City ), also known by the nickname El Chalo , is a former Mexican soccer player who mainly played in attacking midfield . He is one of the most important players in the history of Club América , with whom he was under ten years and with whom he won numerous titles.

Life

society

Farfán began his professional career in 1981 at Club Atlante , where he was regularly used from the 1983/84 season. He made his debut for the Potros in the Mexican league in a home game played on November 1, 1981 against the UNAM Pumas , which was won 3-1. His first goal in the top Mexican league he succeeded on February 18, 1982 in the home game against Club Atlas , when he came on in the 70th minute and scored the winning goal three minutes later to make it 1-0.

Before the 1984/85 season, he moved to city ​​rivals America, where he was under contract for the next ten years. During this period he won four championship titles with the Aguilas , three times the CONCACAF Champions Cup , twice the Mexican Supercup and in 1991 the Copa Interamericana .

At the end of his active career, Farfán was briefly under contract with Toros Neza , Deportivo Toluca and CF Pachuca in the mid-1990s . His last - and for the Tuzos only - first division goal he scored on August 25, 1996 for a 2-0 lead against his previous employer Toluca (final score 3-0). He played his last game in the Mexican premier league on September 8, 1996 in a 0-0 draw against the UNAM Pumas, against whom he had made his debut almost 15 years earlier.

National team

Between 1984 and 1993 Farfán played 27 international appearances, in which he scored a total of five goals. His first goal in the dress of the national team came in his first game on October 17, 1984 against arch-rivals USA, in which he scored the decisive goal in the 65th minute to make it 2-1. He scored his other international goals in the friendly matches played in February 1985 against Switzerland (1: 2) and against Finland (2: 1) as well as in the games he won 2-0 on February 23, 1989 against El Salvador and on July 7 1991 against Costa Rica. Farfán played his last international match on September 22, 1993 against Cameroon (1-0).

Trainer

After his active career, he began a coaching activity, where he stepped in twice at short notice as an interim coach for his long-term club América. When he won the Torneo Verano title in 2002 , he was involved as an assistant coach.

successes

  • Mexican champion: 1985, Prode 85, 1988, 1989
  • Mexican Supercup: 1988, 1989
  • CONCACAF Champions Cup: 1987, 1990, 1992
  • Copa Interamericana: 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Farfán, Gonzalo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farfán Infante, Gonzalo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico City , Mexico