Michael Farfan Stopani and Spanish Michael Farfán Stopani , genus June 23, 1988 , San Diego , California , USA ) - An American football player who played as a midfielder .
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| Full name | Michael Farfan Stopani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 23, 1988 ( 31) San Diego , California , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 175 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Youth Career
Since 2009, Farfan studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he played for the North Carolina Tar Hills university team [1] . During his studies, Farfan also played at the Orange County Blue Star clubs [2] , Ventura County Fusion clubs [3] [4] , Los Angeles Legends [5] and Ogden Outlaws [6] from PDL- leagues .
Professional career
On January 13, 2011, Farfan was drafted by the Philadelphia Union club with 23rd number in the second round of the MLS SuperDraft 2011 [7] . He made his club debut on April 6 in the US Open Cup match against DC United . [8] Farfan scored his first goal on May 21 at the Chicago Fire goal: from outside the penalty area from a distance of 25 yards (22.8 meters) [9] . The match ended with the score 2: 1 in favor of the Philadelphia Union. After this match, Farfan was in the “Team of the Week at MLS” (MLS Team of Week 10) [10] .
After three seasons at the Philadelphia Union, Farfan was sold to the Mexican club Cruz Asul from the MX League [11] . He played one match for the club, where he scored one goal against Pachuki .
On February 10, 2015, Farfan joined DCC United [12] .
January 20, 2016 Farfan moved to the Seattle Sounders [13] .
On February 24, 2017, Farfan announced his retirement [14] .
Statistics
| Club | League | Season | League | Playoffs | Cup | North America | Total | |||||
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| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | |||
| Philadelphia Union | Mls | 2011 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 32 | one | - | four | 0 | - | 36 | one | ||||
| 2013 | 29th | one | - | 2 | 0 | - | 31 | one | ||||
| Total for the club | 82 | four | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 90 | four | |||
| Cruz Azul | League MX | 2013/2014 | one | one | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| DC United | Mls | 2015 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | one | 23 | one |
| Seattle sounders | Mls | 2016 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | one | 0 | 0 | 2 | one |
| → Seattle sounders 2 | USL | 2016 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| Total career | 107 | five | 2 | 0 | 7 | one | 6 | one | 122 | 7 | ||
Personal life
Michael's brother, Gabriel Farfan, is also a professional footballer.
Achievements
Club
- Cruz Azul
- CONCACAF Champions League (1) : 2013/14
- Seattle sounders
- MLS Champion (1) : 2016
Individual
- All-Star Game MLS : 2012
Notes
- ↑ Profile on the MLS website
- ↑ Orange County Blue Star, Premier Development League . United Soccer Leagues (2007). Date of treatment January 17, 2011. Archived June 10, 2011.
- ↑ Ventura County Fusion, Premier Development League . United Soccer Leagues (2008). Date of treatment January 17, 2011. Archived May 17, 2008.
- ↑ Ventura County Fusion, Premier Development League . United Soccer Leagues (2009). Date of treatment January 17, 2011. Archived on August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Los Angeles Legends, 2009 Statistics . United Soccer Leagues (2010). Date of treatment January 17, 2011. Archived on June 8, 2009.
- ↑ Ogden Outlaws, 2010 Statistics (inaccessible link) . United Soccer Leagues (2010). Date of treatment January 17, 2011. Archived June 10, 2011.
- ↑ Philadelphia Union Select Zac Macmath, Michael Farfan and Levy Houapeu in 2011 MLS SuperDraft . OurSports Central (January 14, 2011). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Travis Clark. DC down Union on PKs in USOC play-in round . MLSsoccer.com (April 6, 2011). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Recap: Ruiz golazo vs. Fire gives Union 1st place in East
- ↑ MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week: Week 10 . MLSsoccer.com (May 24, 2011). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ MLS clubs confirm permanent Cruz Azul moves for Michael Farfan, Rafael Baca; loan for Jose Villarreal . MLSsoccer.com (December 23, 2013). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ DC United acquires Michael Farfan . DC United (February 10, 2015). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Sounders FC shores up midfield with addition of MLS veteran Michael Farfan . Seattle Sounders FC (January 20, 2016). Date of treatment November 5, 2016.
- ↑ Steve Brisendine. Seattle's Michael Farfan announces retirement in thanks-filled post . MLSsoccer.com (February 25, 2017). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.