Reimond Manco

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Reimond Manco
Personal information
Full name	Reimond Manco Albarracin
Date of birth	August 23, 1990 (1990-08-23) (age 17)
Place of birth	Lima, Peru
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current club	Alianza Lima
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–2008 July 2008-	Alianza Lima PSV Eindhoven	25 (2) - (-)
National team2
2007 2008-	Peru U-17 Peru	23 (8)[1] 2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of may 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 22, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Reimond Manco (born August 23, 1990 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian football forward/Attacking midfielder who plays for Alianza Lima. He proved to be one of Peru's most promising prospects for the national team in the near future after his showing in the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship, in which he was selected as player of the tournament^[2]. He was instrumental in Peru's qualification for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup played in South Korea. He is now a player of the adult Peruvian national team side, receiving a friendly cap against Bolivia on February 6, 2008, coming on in the 62nd minute, and a call-up against Costa Rica for March 6, 2008, in an effort to tryout new players for the World Cup Qualifiers.

Contents 1 Biography 2 South American Under 17 Football Championship 3 FIFA U-17 World Cup South Korea 4 Alianza Lima 5 PSV Eindhoven 6 Honors 7 References 8 External links 9 See also

[edit] Biography

Manco is of humble origins, not having very much money, and is from one of the poorest places in Peru. He started out playing in the hot sand of Lurin, sand which gave him incredible speed and skill.^[3] When he was not given an education scholarship in Peru by a football club, he had to go back to Venezuela with his parents to be with family they have there that could help them through their hard times. (He went to Venezuela with his parents at the age of 2 because of money problems, and came back to Peru at the age of 8). Manco, along with the rest of the U-17 Peruvian team, were awarded medals and a money reward for qualifying to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He used the money not for his own personal needs and wants, but to give his mother for an operation she needed, and to help his father with his diabetes.^[4].As a kid Reimond played for the "Academia Cantolao" where he got known by going to tournaments, and specially the Gothia Cup in Europe.^[5]

[edit] South American Under 17 Football Championship

Reimond Manco went with the Peruvian U-17 football team to the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship that started on the 4th of March 2007. In the first match the team had to face the Brazilian 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 it's 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 4 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 4 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^[6][7], 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 Eindhoven^[8][9]. 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.

[edit] FIFA U-17 World Cup South Korea

Peru started the World Cup against the host nation South Korea. 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.^[10] 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.^[11]

Peru then tied 0-0 with Togo, in which Manco showed great skill.^[12] Against Costa Rica Peru won 1-0, again with a goal from Bazalar via Manco's free kick.^[13]

Peru went through to the quarterfinals with 7 points.^[14] 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.^[15]

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.^[16]

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

[edit] Alianza Lima

Reimond Manco made his debut for Alianza Lima on April 7, 2007 in the 2-0 victory over Alianza Atletico.^[17] He came on at the 86th minute, and became a regular in the subs. Alianza Lima's new coach, the Chilean Miguel Ángel Arrué, who became the new club coach on August 30, 2007^[18], started Manco in a friendly match, where he was captain of Alianza Lima^[19]. Manco became a regular for Arrué, coming on to play most of the time, being subbed in. Manco brings a lot of great football to Alianza, aiding in many of the goals by causing confusion in the opposing defense. Along with opening goalscoring chances for himself and his teammates.^[20] He had his first game as a starter against San Martin on October 31, 2007, but was subbed out in the 69th minute. He played his first Peruvian classic on November 7, 2007 against Universitario de Deportes, assisting the third goal in the 3-1 win of Alianza Lima. He scored his first professional goal against Coronel Bolognesi, after a great individual play in which he took on defenders and finished "like Messi"^[21]He helped Alianza Lima take a 3-2 victory in a very important game in the Torneo Clausura 2007 on December 2, 2007. Alianza was at first losing 0-2 and he came on as a substitute.^[22] The game took place in the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in Matute, Alianza Lima's home stadium. It was rumored he would leave in the summer transfer window and many clubs were interested in him, including Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Manchester United, Chelsea F.C., PSV Eindhoven, Liverpool F.C., and F.C. Barcelona. He eventually signed for PSV Eindhoven.

• Alianza Lima Statistics: 2007 Clausura

Games	Goals	Assists	Games Started	Games Subbed
15	1	5	2	13

[edit] PSV Eindhoven

On February 10, 2008 it was Reported that Manco had signed a 5-year deal with PSV at Philips Stadion. He will join PSV at the beginning of the 08-09 season.^[23]. PSV said that Manco is a very young talented player, and trust Manco is a quality player.

[edit] Honors

Personal Honors

• Best player of the 2007 South American U-17 Football Championship^[24][25][26]
• One of the 25 best players in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup
• Revelation of 2007 Peruvian Clausura

Team Honors

• 4th place in 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship
• 8th place in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

[edit] References

^[1]http://youtube.com/watch?v=5N9-CE_N9M4

[edit] External links

• Reimond Manco began with the Peruvian Academia Deportiva Cantolao (Spanish)

[edit] See also

• Peru national under-17 football team
• Peru national football team