Soccer is the most popular sport in Peru. Football in Peru is governed by the Peruvian Football Federation (PFF), which the PFF organises the men’s, women’s, and Futsal national teams.

Futbol legends from Peru include: Alejandro Villanueva, Teodoro Fernández, Valeriano López, Alberto Terry, Hugo Sotil, César Cueto, Roberto Challe, Héctor Chumpitaz and Teófilo Cubillas, Peru’s most successful striker in the World Cup finals with 10 goals.

Current renowned players include: midfielder Nolberto Solano,(Hull City), Juan Manuel Vargas (Fiorentina) and strikers Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen), José Paolo Guerrero (SV Hamburg) and Jefferson Farfán (Schalke 04). Alianza Lima, Sporting Cristal, and Universitario de Deportes are the biggest teams in Peru.

In 2003, Cienciano won the Copa Sudamericana beating Argentinian club River Plate, and then proceeded to beat Latin American powerhouse Boca Juniors (Also from Argentina) in the Recopa Sudamericana played in Miami. Sporting Cristal was finalist in the Copa Libertadores de América 1997, South America’s most important soccer tournament.

Achievements from the men’s team include: competing in 4 FIFA World Cups, in 1930, 1970 (Quarterfinalists), 1978, and 1982, and winning 2 Copa América’s in 1939, and 1975.

Achievements from the women’s team include: finishing 3rd Place at the 1998 Sudamericano Femenino, and finishing 4th Place at the 2003 Sudamericano Femenino.

Women’s Volleyball is another popular Sport in Peru (Silver medal in Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, Runners- up in World Championship in 1982 and 12 times South American Champion).

Rugby union in Peru is a minor but growing Sport.