Reimond Manco

They were very effective against them, attacking and counter-attacking very well winning 1–0 with a goal from Carlos Bazalar in the 29th minute via Manco's free kick.

Manco could have scored the 2–0, but was brought down by a Korean defender, for which he was shown the red card, leaving Korea with no chance of coming back into the game.

Peru then tied 0–0 with Togo, in which Manco showed great skill.

Against Costa Rica Peru won 1–0, again with a goal from Bazalar via Manco's free kick.

Peru went through to the quarterfinals with 7 points.

Manco would shine the most against Tajikistan, where he did pretty much whatever he wanted against the Tajikistan defence on the flanks, and scored Peru's only goal, and his first and only goal in the World Cup.

The game ended 1–1, with Peru winning 5–4 in the penalty shootout after Peruvian goalkeeper Hermoza saved the first penalty.

They moved on to the semifinals against Ghana who had defeated Brasil 1–0 in their quarter final match, even more meritorious considering Ghana had only 10 men from the first half against Brasil.

Manco was not able to do much in the first half against Ghana, due to personal marking on him.

He did better in the second half, creating a few chances for his teammates and eluding his markers, but Peru was ultimately defeated by Ghana 2–0.

Manco was considered one of the best players of the tournament, along with fellow Peruvians Eder Hermoza, Nestor Duarte, Carlos Bazalar, and Bojan Krkić, Toni Kroos, and Macauley Chrisantus.

He came on at the 86th minute, and became a regular in the subs.

Reimond Orángel Manco Albarracín (born 23 August 1990) is a Peruvian footballer.

He used to play in PSV Eindhoven of Netherlands and Al Wakrah of Qatar.

Reimond Manco was born in the Lurín district of Lima on 23 August 1990.

He moved to Venezuela and lived there from age two to eight, and again from age 13 to 15.

While in Venezuela, he played for the Venezuela national under 15 team.

In 2005, he was bought by Academia Deportiva Cantolao, in Peru, and played there until 2007, when he began playing for Alianza Lima in his home city of Lima.

He came to prominence in the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship, in which he was selected as player of the tournament.

He was instrumental in Peru's qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.

He made his first appearance for Alianza on 8 April 2007 and his first goal 2 December against Coronel Bolognesi to win the game 3–2.

Manco went with the Peruvian U-17 football team to the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship that started on 4 March 2007.

In the first match the team had to face the Brazil national team.

Peru won the match 2–1 with one goal scored by Manco and the other by Christian La Torre and a penalty saved by the young goalkeeper Hermoza.

After that match, Peru won most of the following matches and ended first in its group (qualifying to the last round) with Manco scoring another goal and shining for his team.

In the final round of the tournament (where the first four qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup) Peru won the first match against Venezuela but in the next match Brazil crushed Peru 4–0 and after that Colombia defeated Peru 3–0.

By the fourth match Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina were already qualified for the U-17 World Cup.

Meanwhile, Peru, Venezuela and hosts Ecuador had to fight for the last qualification.

For the fifth match, Peru had the obligation to defeat Ecuador, although the match ended in a draw, a result which took every hope for Ecuador to be present in the U-17 World Cup.

For the last match against Argentina, Peru had to lose by at least four goals to be eliminated.

In the match beforehand against Ecuador, Manco had been sent off in the last minute for two yellow cards.

Even without Manco, the "Incas" were capable of drawing the match through a penalty and managed to get a place in the U-17 World Cup.

Manco was chosen as the best player of the tournament by CONMEBOL, South America's official football federation.

Despite his fresh footballer career, rumors regarding his transfer were already spreading.

After the competition, he was reported to be scouted by big clubs such as Boca Juniors, Real Madrid, and PSV.

It was later rumoured he had signed with the latter, though he had not at the time.

Liverpool were also reportedly very keen to get the youngster's service.

Peru started the World Cup against the host nation South Korea.

Reimond Manco made his debut for Alianza Lima on 7 April 2007 in the 2–0 victory over Alianza Atletico.

His first cap for Peru was against Bolivia on 6 February 2008.