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Peru

CONMEBOL. Played 718 since 1 Nov 1927: won 231, drawn 177, lost 310. Elo 1757, ranked 47 in the world; peak 2009 in 2018. Titles: 2 Copa Américas.

2Copa América

Latest results

Results and fixtures

Squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against United States and Mexico on 26 and 29 September and Canada and Colombia on 3 and 6 October 2026, respectively.

Players
26
Average age
28.1
Caps between them
740
Most from one club
Universitario (5)

Where they play

16 at home · 10 abroad in 9 other countries

  • Peru 16
  • Brazil 2
  • Colombia 1
  • Croatia 1
  • Denmark 1
  • Ecuador 1
  • England 1
  • Israel 1
  • Portugal 1
  • United States 1

Average club rating 1586 (ClubElo; 25 of 26 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Corinthians, ranked 105 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
1Pedro GalleseDeportivo Cali(Colombia)361300
12Matías CórdovaComerciantes Unidos2400
21Diego RomeroUniversitario2510
Defenders
3Alfonso BarcoRijeka(Croatia)2470
4Marcos LópezCopenhagen(Denmark)26570
5Miguel AraujoSporting Cristal32461
8Erick NoriegaGrêmio(Brazil)25130
13Marco HuamánAlianza Lima2470
15Renzo GarcésAlianza Lima30191
22Oliver SonneBurnley(England)25200
23César IngaUniversitario2481
25Matías ZegarraMelgar1930
Midfielders
2Oslimg MoraSport Boys2760
6Jesús PretellLDU Quito(Ecuador)27110
11Jairo VélezAlianza Lima3185
14Rodrigo VilcaComerciantes Unidos2750
16Wilder CartagenaOrlando City(United States)32440
17Jairo ConchaUniversitario27140
18André CarrilloCorinthians(Brazil)3510811
19Yoshimar YotúnSporting Cristal361388
Forwards
7Adrián UgarrizaHapoel Be'er Sheva(Israel)2960
9Gianluca LapadulaUniversitario364510
20Alex ValeraUniversitario30285
24Bassco SoyerGil Vicente(Portugal)2031
26Piero MagallanesSport Huancayo2551
27Jhonny VidalesMelgar3480

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Peru national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 7 October 2026; page last edited 31 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Tournament history

Gold Cup: 1 appearance

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

130017002000192719772026Peak 1979 (2017)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Peru v Chile: played 88, won 24, drawn 16, lost 48; goals 111–138. First met 26 Jan 1935, last 18 Nov 2025.

Latest 15 of 88 meetings.

Record by competition

Peru by competition
Friendly29010074116
FIFA World Cup qualification186524787
Copa América164574166
Copa del Pacífico194213
FIFA World Cup185310
Pan American Championship10334
Copa Ramón Castilla6006
Kirin Cup6150
Bolivarian Games4400
Brazil Independence Cup4202
Gold Cup4112
Miami Cup2002
Nehru Cup2101
USA Cup2110
Marlboro Cup1001

Top scorers

  1. Paolo Guerrero 26
  2. Jefferson Farfán 18
  3. Teodoro Fernández 15
  4. Teófilo Cubillas 15
  5. Roberto Palacios 14
  6. Christian Cueva 11
  7. Edison Flores 11
  8. Óscar Gómez Sánchez 10
  9. Claudio Pizarro 10
  10. José del Solar 9

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.