Peru national under-17 football team
| Nickname(s) | Los Jotitas (The Jotitas) | ||||||||||||||
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| Association | Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) | ||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Renzo Revoredo | ||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional | ||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | PER | ||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||
| Peru 0-2 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1 April 1995) | |||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||
| Peru 4–0 Venezuela (Asunción, Paraguay; 12 May 1991) | |||||||||||||||
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| Chile 5–0 Peru (Montería, Colombia; 31 March 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2005) | ||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarterfinals (2007) | ||||||||||||||
| South American Under-17 Football Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 20 (first in 1985) | ||||||||||||||
| Best result | Fourth place (2007) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The Peru national under-17 football team represents Peru in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Federacion Peruana de Futbol. The qualified for two World Cups, their best result being in 2007, where the Jotitas reached the Quarter-finals. The teams best result in the South American U-17 Championship was a Fourth Place finish in 2007.
After their first FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance in 2005 (Peru as host nation). In 2007 the youth team showed improvemant under the leadership of Juan Jose Ore, and Reimond Manco that led them to Their first U-17 World Cup in which they lost by a single point. In the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup the team defeated the local South Korean team with an array of constant attacks and counter-attacks.
Peru's U-17 squad were eliminated during the quarterfinals.