Coach Juan Reynoso will provide the official list of foreign players for the games against Chile and Argentina for the South American qualifiers.
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The Peruvian team He is preparing for the games against Chile and Argentina. A few days ago, coach Juan Reynoso presented the preliminary list of local players nominated for the next double date of this new qualification process. Like last day, the Bicolor coach will first present a list of players from League 1. He will then conduct the official conference call with the players playing abroad and the remaining players in the local tournament.
The “Cabezón” has chosen this approach to create one Monitoring youth athletes for the Pre-Olympics, which will take place in January next year and this way I can integrate them into the player universe for generational change.
The final date for this call will be next Monday, October 9th and will be announced via the national team networks. Some athletes have already trained with Videna and more will be joining in the next few hours. The next day, Blanquirroja will leave for Santiago, where the game against Chile will take place on Thursday, October 12th at 7:00 p.m. (Peruvian time).
List of the Peru national team called up
- Archers: Carlos Cáceda (Melgar), Renato Solís (Sporting Cristal), Diego Romero (Universitario).
- Defense: Carlos Zambrano (Alianza Lima), Nilson Loyola (Sporting Cristal), Matías Lazo (Melgar), Jhilmar Lora (Sporting Cristal), Aldo Corzo (Universitario), Rafael Lutiger (Sporting Cristal).
- Midfield player: Leonardo Villar (Sport Huancayo), Yoshimar Yotún (Sporting Cristal), Alexis Arias (Melgar), Jostin Alarcón (Sporting Cristal), Aldair Fuentes (César Vallejo), Piero Quispe (Universitario), Jairo Concha (Alianza Lima).
- Fronts: Joao Grimaldo (Sporting Cristal), Matías Succar (Mannucci), Christopher Olivares (Cusco FC), Andy Polo (Universitario), Franco Zanelatto (Alianza Lima), Fabrizio Rocca (Sport Boys), Bryan Reyna (Alianza Lima), Brandon Palacios ( Deportivo Binacional), Jhamir D’Arrigo (Melgar), José Rivera (Universitario).
Who is the news in this so-called first call from Reynoso for the 2026 qualification?
The main surprises of this preliminary round are 5 players from the local championship.
- Franco Zanelatto (Lima Alliance)
- Aldair Fuentes (UCV)
- Jose Rivera (University)
- Rafael Lutiger (Sporting Cristal)
- Matias Succar (Mannucci).
Table of the 2026 South American qualifiers
This is what the table looks like after the first two dates.