Jhon Viáfara

Early career

Born in the Colombian town of Robles, Viáfara came to international attention whilst playing for Once Caldas, for whom he was instrumental during his club's success in the 2004 Copa Libertadores, scoring with a long range strike in the final against Boca Juniors.

Portsmouth

His performances made him a regular in the Colombia national football team, and earned him a €2.2 million move to English club Portsmouth on 23 June 2005. He played 14 league matches under Alain Perrin at Portsmouth, scoring one league goal, in a 2–1 loss at Manchester City on 27 August. Perrin was sacked and Viáfara was dropped by returned-manager Harry Redknapp. On 30 January 2006, Viáfara was loaned for six months to Spanish club Real Sociedad of La Liga, along with Mark González of Liverpool. At the end of this deal, Real declined the chance to purchase Viáfara and he returned to Portsmouth again, after 11 matches played and two red cards.

Southampton

On 4 August 2006, Viáfara signed a three-year deal with Portsmouth's south-coast rivals Southampton of the Football League Championship. The transfer fee for the three-year deal was undisclosed, but was reported as in the region of £750,000. He appeared consistently in the 2006–07 season. He scored two goals in the Championship Play-off Semi-final Second Leg against Derby County on 15 May 2007, although it was not enough as Derby went on to win the tie in a penalty shootout. In July 2008, manager Jan Poortvliet…

Viáfara went to the Copa América with Colombia in 2004 and 2007. He scored his only international goal on 25 March 2007 in a 3–1 friendly victory over Switzerland in Miami.

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América de Cali

Copa Mustang: 2000 Once Caldas

Copa Mustang: 2003, 2009 Copa Libertadores: 2004