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Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres, commonly known as USMP, is a Peruvian football club based in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. In just their first season, the club began playing in the Peruvian top-flight, the Torneo Descentralizado, after they bought the promotional place of the 2003 Segunda División winners, Sport Coopsol. The team obtained their first Descentralizado title in 2007, the second in 2008 and their third in 2010.
Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentralizado where they have been playing since attaining promotion when they won the 2007 Copa Perú. They play their home games at the Estadio Elías Aguirre.
The 2003 Torneo Descentralizado was the eighty-seventh season of top-flight Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Sporting Cristal as the defending champion. Alianza Lima won its twentieth Primera División title after beating Sporting Cristal in the final playoff.
The 2007 Torneo Descentralizado is the ninety-first season of Peruvian football. A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament, with Alianza Lima as the defending champion. Universidad San Martín won its first national title as it did not have to play in the season finals due to Coronel Bolognesi's poor performance in the Torneo Apertura. The season began on February 3, 2007 and ended on December 16, 2007.
Sports in Peru are popular and widespread.
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Rodrigo Saraz is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Deportivo Coopsol of the Segunda Division in Peru. He plays as a striker.
Ramón Rodríguez del Solar is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Santa Rosa in the Torneo Descentralizado. In his long career, Rodríguez has played for the likes of Cienciano, FBC Melgar, Total Clean, Deportivo Municipal, Sport Boys, Alianza Atlético, Inti Gas Deportes, and Cobresol and Real Garcilaso. His nicknamed is El Ratón
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