
In Lima on 15 November 2017 he struck from the edge of the box to put Peru ahead against New Zealand, the goal that ended 36 years without a World Cup. He won four straight Eredivisie titles with PSV, the 2011 DFB-Pokal with Schalke, Lokomotiv Moscow's first Russian league title in fourteen years in 2018, and finished second only to Paolo Guerrero on Peru's scoring list with 27 goals in 102 caps. Career record: 102 caps and 27 goals for Peru; club career at Club Alianza Lima, PSV Eindhoven, Schalke 04.
| 2001–2004 | Club Alianza Lima |
| 2004–2008 | PSV Eindhoven |
| 2008–2015 | Schalke 04 |
| 2015–2016 | Al Jazira Club |
| 2017–2020 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow |
| 2021–2022 | Club Alianza Lima |
| Peru | 102 caps, 27 goals |
Peru legends whose careers overlapped Farfán's
One rank above: José Velásquez at #10.
One rank below: Juan Carlos Oblitas at #12.
Peru's editorial top five: Teófilo Cubillas · Héctor Chumpitaz · César Cueto · Hugo Sotil · Teodoro Fernández.