Javier Farinós
Farinós celebrates promotion to La Liga in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier Farinós Zapata | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Valencia B | 17 | (3) |
| 1997–2000 | Valencia | 115 | (10) |
| 2000–2005 | Internazionale | 49 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Villarreal (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | → Mallorca (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Mallorca | 17 | (1) |
| 2006–2011 | Hércules | 146 | (22) |
| 2011–2012 | Levante | 30 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Villarreal | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 436 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1994 | Spain U16 | 12 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Spain U18 | 15 | (2) |
| 1997 | Spain U20 | 6 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Spain U21 | 11 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francisco Javier Farinós Zapata (born 29 March 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
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.
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 Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España 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.
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