Who is the 'Gordo Humo', one of the historical fans of the Peruvian national team?

Jhean Vasquez Palomino, popularly known as the 'Gordo smoke', is one of the hardcore fans of the Peruvian national team who, together with the 'Israeli supporter', 'The Fantasma', 'El niño condor', are always in good and bad times encouraging non-stop Even, they travel abroad proudly waving our beloved and respected flag whiquirroja making them feel with his cry and harangue the confidence that players need to seek to strike the blow away from their homeland.

Jhean Vasquez, at 23 years old, is one of the few privileged fans who know various parts of the world, for following the Peruvian National Team both in their qualifying matches, Copa America and was even at the World Cup in Russia, cheering non-stop.

But not only does he know Ricardo Gareca, Jefferson Farfan, Gianluca Lapadula and all the players on the Peruvian national team closely, but he has also taken photos with Giovanni Infantino, FIFA president, Alejandro Dominguez, president of Conmebol and Rodolfo D'Onofrio, president of River Plate. What a luxury!

Jhean Vasquez Palomino joined the bar of the Peruvian national team at the end of 2016, the year that school ended. He lives in the thriving district of Ventanilla and attends Infobae to learn a little about his history and fanaticism for the Peruvian national team.

“I live in Ventanilla and take my bus to Puente Piedra. From there I take Metropolitano with the feeder to Naranjal. Then, I continue with another line from the Metropolitan to the express route with Canada, to take my bus to Videna. Then I accompany the national team in a caravan to the concentration hotel and follow it everywhere,” says the 23-year-old who knows each movement of the team closely as if he were a communicator with first-hand information.

But how did your fanaticism for bicolor come about? , we asked him. To which he responds: “I always liked going to the stadium since I was a child. In addition, I liked to support the national team everywhere, but for the reason of the school I couldn't. I had to wait to finish my studies to encourage bicolor everywhere. Every day I went to Videna, I saw him at the 'Israeli Fan', 'The Ghost', 'The Child Condor' and I became friends with them, a friendship until now. We like pictures with the players to have a memory. The photo is never deleted, that's what's important,” confesses Jhean Vasquez Palomino exclusively to Infobae.

And why did they give him the nickname 'Fat Smoke', Jhean Vasquez Palomino clears the doubt. “I rarely carried the smoke in the caravans. The bus left and we went behind with the fumes to make the party from behind. So far we're still doing that by doing the party and that's why they put that badge on me because I'm fat and I carry the fumes for the party,” he told this media.

An anecdote with the selection

As Jhean Vasquez Palomino mentioned it, he seeks to take pictures with players from the Peruvian national team. Therefore, he tells us an anecdote. “To take my picture with Jefferson Farfan, we followed him to Canada with Guardia Civil. The traffic light was red, he was under the moon of the car and we took the picture.

Your trip to the World Cup in Russia

Jhean Vasquez Palomino traveled to Russia to encourage Peru in the 2018 World Cup and tells us a little about everything he did to get there. “To go to Russia I had one money saved and the other money I borrowed from a friend he gave me. That's why I came to travel to Russia. To the Copa América in Brazil in 2019, where we were runners-up, I also got my ticket in advance and stayed until the final, although the goal was not achieved, with the national team we go everywhere. I had even bought my ticket to Russia until the final, I had to pay the penalty to return. Now, Qatar awaits us with all faith,” he said.

This Sunday, 'El gordo smoke' danced to safety and took a photo with Gianluca Lapadula upon his arrival in Lima, even recording a video about the number of fans who approached the Benevento striker to ask for a photo.

Finally, Jhean Vasquez Palomino tells us how he coordinates with the 'Israeli Fan' to encourage the Peruvian national team. “We only communicate when there is football and we detail the itinerary and logistics needed to follow them. There in the group we agree to be together,” he sentenced Infobae.

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