Name Javier Farinos Weight 69 kg | Years Team Height 1.73 m Playing position Role Footballer Date joined 2012 | |
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Full name Francisco Javier Farinos Zapata Date of birth (1978-03-29) 29 March 1978 (age 37) Number 15 (Villarreal CF / Midfielder) | ||
Recordando a Javier Farinós, un hombre de la tierra
Francisco Javier Farinós Zapata (born 29 March 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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- Recordando a Javier Farins un hombre de la tierra
- Globalontv entrevista a francisco javier farin s
- Club career
- International career
- Club
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He amassed La Liga totals of 225 games and 18 goals over the course of ten seasons, mainly in representation of Valencia (four years), Villarreal and Mallorca (two apiece). He added 145/22 in Segunda División almost exclusively with Hércules, and also spent several years under contract to Inter Milan, being often loaned.
Globalontv entrevista a francisco javier farin s
Club career
A versatile midfielder, Farinós was born in Valencia and made his professional debuts as an 18-year-old, with hometown's Valencia CF. He was an undisputed starter from 1997 to 2000, helping the Che to the 1999 Spanish Cup and Supercup and scoring five La Liga goals in his final season; to finish his career with the club he appeared in the campaign's UEFA Champions League final, a 0–3 loss against Real Madrid.
In the 2000 summer Farinós caught the attention of Serie A's F.C. Internazionale Milano, where he would spend five years (with a Villarreal CF loan in between) without much success: he was out of action for 15 months due to injury, and was only able to pitch in ten league games as his team lost the 2001–02 league title in the last matchday. He did manage, however, to score in a 6–0 home routing of Reggina Calcio on 22 November 2003.
On 21 March 2002 Farinós returned to the Mestalla Stadium, in the season's UEFA Cup quarterfinals: after Francesco Toldo was sent off he was the player chosen to replace him in goal, in an eventual 1–0 win (2–1 on aggregate).
Farinós returned to Spain for 2004–05, joining RCD Mallorca initially on loan, and being relatively used during two top flight campaigns – mainly in the first, as the Balearic Islands side could only finish 17th.
In 2006–07, after being released by Mallorca and having an unsuccessful trial with Charlton Athletic in England, Farinós joined Segunda División side Hércules CF. When healthy he was an undisputed starter, netting 15 times in the league alone in his three seasons combined; in his third year the Alicante club finished in fourth position with 78 points, all-time best without actually promoting.
Farinós played nearly 3,000 minutes in the 2009–10 season, scoring six goals in 34 games as Hércules returned to the first division after 13 years. He spent the vast majority of the following campaign, however, sidelined due to injury; on 29 January 2011, in his return to action, as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 home loss against FC Barcelona, he was sent off shortly after two bookable offenses; in his second appearance, at home against Real Zaragoza, he helped the hosts come from behind to win it 2–1, scoring the equalizer ten minutes from time and assisting David Trezeguet in the 89th minute-winner.
In late June 2011, following Hércules' relegation, 33-year-old Farinós agreed to a one-year contract with Levante UD, making this the fourth major club he represented in the Valencian Community. In December of the following year he returned to Villarreal with the side in the second level; he contributed with 11 appearances (eight starts, 695 minutes of action and a goal in a 1–1 draw at former club Hércules) to help the latter return to the top flight after one year out.
On 11 February 2014, after another lengthy spell on the sidelines due to injury, now in the Achilles tendon of his right leg Farinós announced his retirement from football.
International career
Courtesy of his Valencia performances, Farinós earned his first cap for Spain on 18 August 1999, in a 2–1 friendly win against Poland in Warsaw, being replaced by teammate Gaizka Mendieta at half-time. He added a second a year later with the Netherlands, also in a friendly.
Previously, Farinós competed in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.