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The Peru national football team is controlled by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (FPF) and represents Peru in international football competitions. It competes with nine other teams in the CONMEBOL conference within FIFA. Qualifying for four FIFA World Cups, Peru's elegant and skillfull play has set the team as one of the finest exponents of South American talent.
Peru has had great moments in the history of football ever since the 1930s. During this era they participated in the first FIFA World Cup, the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics, and won their first Copa América in 1939. Later, between 1970 and 1982, a Golden Generation of Peruvian footballers once more brought Peru into the view of the world. Teofilo Cubillas was the star of the side (scoring five goals in two different finals), and his attacking flair and skill became synonymous for the world with Peru's football team in the 1970s. The team then qualified for three out of four FIFA World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975.
Currently, the Peruvian team is usually rated around the 50th spot in FIFA rankings. Recent efforts to reach the World Cup have been unsuccessful six times in a row. Even so, various Peruvian players have achieved notoriety, among them, Jefferson Farfan, Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro, Juan Manuel Vargas, and Jose Paolo Guerrero, all of them important players in their respective teams.
Peru has had great moments in the history of football ever since the 1930s. During this era they participated in the first FIFA World Cup, the controversial 1936 Summer Olympics, and won their first Copa América in 1939. Later, between 1970 and 1982, a Golden Generation of Peruvian footballers once more brought Peru into the view of the world. Teofilo Cubillas was the star of the side (scoring five goals in two different finals), and his attacking flair and skill became synonymous for the world with Peru's football team in the 1970s. The team then qualified for three out of four FIFA World Cups and won the Copa América in 1975.
Currently, the Peruvian team is usually rated around the 50th spot in FIFA rankings. Recent efforts to reach the World Cup have been unsuccessful six times in a row. Even so, various Peruvian players have achieved notoriety, among them, Jefferson Farfan, Nolberto Solano, Claudio Pizarro, Juan Manuel Vargas, and Jose Paolo Guerrero, all of them important players in their respective teams.
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