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Peru Olympic football team

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Peru Olympic
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Blanquirroja
(The White and Red)
Los Incas
(The Incas)
AssociationPeruvian Football Federation (FPF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL
(South America)
Head coachJosé del Solar
CaptainEmilio Saba
Home stadiumEstadio Nacional
FIFA codePER
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Peru 7–3 Finland 
(Berlin, Germany; 6 August 1930)
Biggest win
 Peru 9–1 Ecuador 
(Bogotá, Colombia; 11 August 1938)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 6–2 Peru 
(Napoli, Italy; 29 August 1960)
 Peru 0–4 Brazil 
(Hamilton, Canada; 16 July 2015)
Olympics
Appearances2 (first in 1936)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1936)
Pan American Games
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best resultGroup stage (2015, 2019)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Bogotá NA
Gold medal – first place 1948 Lima NA
Gold medal – first place 1961 Barranquilla NA
Gold medal – first place 1973 Panama City NA
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bogotá NA
Bronze medal – third place 1951 Caracas NA
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Barquisimeto NA

Peru Olympic football team (also known as Peru under-23, Peru U23) represents Peru in international football competitions in multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games and the Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). Peru has participated in two Olympic football tournaments, one Pan American football tournament, and 7 Bolivarian football tournaments under this category.

The squad requirements to participate in the Summer Olympics has changed multiple times through the history of the competition. Since 1992, squads for Football at the Summer Olympics have been restricted to three players over the age of 23 with similar changes occurring in the Pan American Games in 1999. The achievements of such teams are not usually included in the statistics of the international team.

History

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1936 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Peru qualified the Olympics for its first time in 1936,[1] after finishing third in the 1935 South American Championship. Argentina and Uruguay, who had finished ahead, refuse to participate because of economic issues.

Among the line of players featured in this first participation of the Blanquirroja were Alejandro Villanueva, Teodoro Fernández, Juan Valdivieso, and Adelfo Magallanes.[2] The Peruvian players, after arriving in Germany via an Italian ship, were awestruck by the modern stadiums and the German idolatry of Adolf Hitler.[1] The first match against Finland was played on 6 August 1936, and was won with great ease by the Peruvians with a 7-3 result.[2] Peru's next match was against Austria in the quarterfinals. The match was highly contested, and the game went into overtime where the Peruvians tied against the Austrians after being two goals behind. Peru scored 5 goals during overtime, of which 3 were nullified by the referee, and won by a final score of 4-2.[1]

The Austrians demanded a rematch on the grounds that Peruvian fans had stormed the field, and because the field did not meet the requirements for a football game.[1][2] Austria further claimed that the Peruvian players had manhandled the Austrian players and that spectators, one holding a revolver, had "swarmed down on the field."[3] Peru was notified of this situation, and they attempted to go to the assigned meeting but were delayed by a German parade.[1] At the end, the Peruvian defense was never heard, and the Olympic Committee and FIFA sided with the Austrians. The rematch was scheduled to be taken under close grounds on 10 August, and later rescheduled to be taken on 11 August.[2][3]

As a sign of protest against these actions, which the Peruvians deemed as insulting and discriminatory, the complete Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany.[4][5] Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Mexico expressed their solidarity with Peru.[3] Michael Dasso, a member of the Peruvian Olympic Committee, stated: "We've no faith in European athletics. We have come here and found a bunch of merchants."[6] The game was awarded to Austria by default.[3] In Peru, angry crowds protested against the decisions of the Olympic Committee by tearing down an Olympic flag, throwing stones at the German consulate, refusing to load German vessels in the docks of Callao, and listening to inflammatory speeches which included President Oscar Benavides Larrea's mention of "the crafty Berlin decision."[3] To this day, it is not known with certainty what exactly happened in Germany, but it is popularly believed that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi authorities might have had some involvement in the situation.[5]

1960 Summer Olympics

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Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

After 24 years, Peru once again qualified for the football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome with their U-23 football team. It defeated Uruguay in the two-leg play-off round by 6-0 in Lima and then by 3-2 in Montevideo. The five play-off winners faced each other in a special tournament held in Lima in April 1960. Los Incas finished third ahead of Mexico and Suriname and thus qualified for the tournament in Rome.

In their first match of the tournament, Peru started out with a surprise as Angel Uribe scored a 1st-minute goal against France.[7] Peru would go on to lose 2-1 against the French, and were later beaten by Hungary in a result of 6-2, with only Alberto Ramírez scoring goals for the Blanquirroja.[8] Their last match was against India, which was a comfortable 3-1 score in favor of the Peruvians with goals by Nicolas Nieri and Thomas Iwasaki.[9]

Peru has not qualified again to the tournament since 1960, but were close to qualifying again in the 1964 and 1980 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournaments.

2015 Pan American Games

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Main article: Football at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

An official multi-sport event squad was created once again for the first time since the 1960 Summer Olympics in 2015 for Peru's first participation in the Pan American football tournament held in Canada. Peru had qualified to this tournament once before in 2007. CONMEBOL only accepted to play with Under-17 teams that year (qualified through the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship), since the Under-20 teams had to participate in the U-20 World Cup at the same time. Peru declined to participate because the Under-17 team preferred to play friendlies in Asia in preparation of the U-17 World Cup, so Bolivia took its place.

Thus Peru qualified once again in 2015 via the 2015 South American U-20 Championship. That year the top three teams in the final stage of the tournament qualified to the 2016 Olympic tournament and the bottom three to the 2015 Pan American tournament of which Peru finished 5th.

The team's first game was against Panama on July 12. Panama put themselves ahead via Jorman Aguilar at the beginning of the first half. Peru then equalized the score through a goal by Gonzalo Maldonado twelve minutes later. The deadlock was broken in the 90th minute when Elsar Rodas committed a foul against the Panamanian Cecilio Waterman who was awarded a penalty that was converted by Fidel Escobar for a final score of 2–1. The second game was against Brazil with a final score of 4–0 with goals of Luan, Clayton, Rômulo, and Dodô. This was enough to mathematically eliminate Peru out of the tournament before its third game against Canada. During that game Elsar Rodas scored the first and then Manjrekar James scored an own goal in the second half for a final 0–2 against the locals.

2019 Pan American Games

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Main article: Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Peru qualified to the 2019 tournament as host. It lost its first game by 2–0 against Uruguay. Peru's second game was against Honduras who scored two goals in injury time of the game for a 2–2 draw. Peru's two goals were scored by Kevin Quevedo and Jordan Guivin. On the last match day, Uruguay defeated Honduras by 3–0 which would qualify Peru the second round of the tournament if it was able to defeat Jamaica. In the end Jamaica defeated Peru with two goals in the second half, relegating Peru to the 7th place match against Ecuador. There, a final score of 1–1 forced both teams to decide the match in penalties which Peru won by 4–2 to finish 7th of eight teams.

Bolivarian Games

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The Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (Organización Deportiva Bolivariana, ODEBO). The games' football tournament has changed category multiple times during the history of the competition with full national teams participating only on the first edition in 1938. At times the competition was limited to only amateur sides or youth teams. In 1985 the tournament was played by Under-20 sides. Since 1993 the football tournament is played by U-17 national teams.

Peru won the first tournament which it counts as part of the accomplishments of the senior team. Because of the many changes, all of Peru's accomplishment since then until 1981 are counted as accomplishments of the Olympic team.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

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9 December Friendly Colombia  1–1  Peru Cartagena, Colombia
17:30 UTC−5
  • Vargas 45+1'
Stadium: Estadio Jaime Morón
12 December Friendly Colombia  3-1  Peru Barranquilla, Colombia
17:00 UTC−5
Stadium: Estadio Romelio Martínez
19 December Friendly Peru  4-0  Bolivia Lima, Peru
21:00 UTC−5
Stadium: Villa Deportiva Nacional
Referee: Jesús Cartagena (Peru)
22 December Friendly Peru  1-1  Bolivia Lima, Peru
15:30 UTC−5 Roca 21' Carlos 18' Stadium: Villa Deportiva Nacional
Referee: Bruno Pérez (Peru)

2024

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21 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Peru  1-0  Chile Valencia, Venezuela
15:00 UTC−4 Flores 67' Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado
Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)
24 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Peru  0-2  Argentina Valencia, Venezuela
19:00 UTC−4
Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
27 January Pre-Olympic Tournament Paraguay  1–0  Peru Valencia, Venezuela
16:00 Fernández 18' Report Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado
Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)
30 January 2024 (2024-01-30) 2024 Pre-Olympic Tournament GS Uruguay  3–0  Peru Valencia, Venezuela
16:00 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Estadio Misael Delgado
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Players

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Current

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The following 23 players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament from 20 January to 11 February.

Caps and goals are correct as of 24 January 2024, after the match against Argentina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
21 1GK Jeferson Nolasco (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Peru Cienciano
1 1GK Diego Romero (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Peru Universitario
12 1GK Jhefferson Rodriguez (2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Peru Universitario
7 2DF Emilio Saba (captain) (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23) 6 1 Peru Mannucci
14 2DF Marco Huamán (2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Peru Alianza Lima
4 2DF Erick Noreiga (2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 23) 5 0 Peru Comerciantes Unidos
15 2DF Julinho Astudillo (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19) 4 0 Peru Universitario
13 2DF Mathias Llontop (2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Peru Carlos A. Mannucci
3 2DF Alejandro Posito (2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Peru Sporting Cristal
2 2DF Anderson Villacorta (2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Mexico Zacatecas
5 2DF Rafael Lutiger (2001-07-03) 3 July 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Peru Sporting Cristal
24 2DF Brian Arias (2009-09-02) 2 September 2009 (age 15) 1 0 Peru Alianza Lima
8 3MF Álvaro Rojas (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 (age 19) 6 0 Peru Universitario
6 3MF Ian Wisdom (2005-09-14) 14 September 2005 (age 19) 5 0 Peru Sporting Cristal
23 3MF Franchesco Flores (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23) 4 1 Peru Universidad César Vallejo
16 3MF Eslyn Correa (2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Peru Cusco FC
18 3MF Alessandro Burlamaqui (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Spain Intercity
17 4FW Bassco Soyer (2006-10-17) 17 October 2006 (age 18) 2 0 Peru Alianza Lima
20 4FW Juan Pablo Goicochea (2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 19) 6 1 Argentina Platense
9 4FW Víctor Guzmán (2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 18) 5 3 Peru Alianza Lima
19 4FW Guillermo Larios (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Peru Alianza Atlético
11 4FW Diether Vásquez (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Andorra UE Santa Coloma

Recent

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The players listed below were not included in the current squad, but have been called up by Peru in the last 12 months.

  • Overage players are denoted with a *
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Diego Enríquez (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Peru Binacional Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
GK Diego Romero (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Peru Universitario Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
DF Leonardo Rugel (2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Peru Universitario Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
DF Anderson Villacorta (2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Peru Universidad César Vallejo Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
MF Catriel Cabellos (2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Argentina Racing Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
MF Adrián Ascues (2002-11-15) 15 November 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Peru Deportivo Municipal
MF Álvaro Rojas (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Peru Universitario Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
MF Gonzalo Aguirre (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Peru Sporting Cristal Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
FW Didier La Torre (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Peru Cienciano Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
FW Kenji Cabrera (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Peru Melgar Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
FW Enrique Peña (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Spain Real Valladolid Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
FW Tiago Cantoro (2001-01-06) 6 January 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Peru Cusco Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023
FW Maycol Infante (2005-07-20) 20 July 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Peru UTC Mycrocicle #1, 8–16 October 2023

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad
SUS Suspended
WD Withdrew from the squad

Competitive Record

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Greece 1896 No football tournament
France 1900 Did not qualify
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
United States1932 No football tournament
Nazi Germany1936 Quarter-finals 5th 2 2 0 0 11 5 Squad
United Kingdom 1948 Did not qualify
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960 Round 1 11th 3 1 0 2 6 9 Squad
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total Quarter-finals 2/19 5 3 0 2 17 14 —

Pan American Games

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Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Until 1995 See Peru national football team
Canada 1999 Did not qualify
Dominican Republic 2003
Brazil 2007 Withdrew
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
Canada 2015 Round 1 6th 3 1 0 2 3 6
Peru 2019 7th Place 7th 4 0 2 2 3 7
Chile 2023 Did not qualify
Peru 2027 Qualified as hosts
Total 7th Place 2/19 7 1 2 4 6 13

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

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CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Peru 1980 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 16 5
Peru 1964 Third Place 3rd 4 2 1 1 6 2
Colombia 1968 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Colombia 1971 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 3 1 8 4
Brazil 1976 Group Stage 6th 5 1 0 4 3 11
Colombia 1980 Third Place 3rd 6 3 1 2 9 7
Ecuador 1984 Did not participate
Bolivia 1987 Group Stage 9th 4 0 1 3 1 5
Paraguay 1992 Group Stage 7th 4 1 0 3 6 13
Argentina 1996 Group Stage 9th 4 1 0 3 7 13
Brazil 2000 Group Stage 5th 4 2 1 1 10 8
Chile 2004 Group Stage 7th 4 1 1 2 6 9
Colombia 2020 Group Stage 9th 4 1 0 3 4 6
Venezuela 2024 Group Stage TBD 4 1 0 3 1 6
Total Runners-up 13/14 58 21 10 29 79 94

Bolivarian Games

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Bolivarian Games Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Colombia 1938 Gold Medal 1/5 4 4 0 0 18 4
Peru 1947-48 Gold Medal 1/3 2 2 0 0 2 0
Venezuela 1951 Bronze Medal 3/5 4 2 1 1 6 4
Colombia 1961 Gold Medal 1/4 6 6 0 0 13 6
Ecuador 1965 Did Not Participate
Venezuela 1970 Did Not Participate
Panama 1973 Gold Medal 1/4 6 4 1 1 17 3
Bolivia 1977 Bronze Medal 3/3 4 0 2 2 3 5
Venezuela 1981 Gold Medal 1/4 3 2 1 0 6 2
1985–1989 See Peru Under-20 team
Since 1989 See Peru Under-17 team
Total 5 Gold Medals
2 Bronze Medal		 7/9 29 20 5 4 65 24

Honours

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See also

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References

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  4. ^ "Berlin, 1936...¡Italia Campione!". Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
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