LIMA -- Argentine Ricardo Gareca has signed a new three-year contract to lead Peru's national team through qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he said on Wednesday.
Gareca, 60, has been celebrated as a national hero by many in Peru since leading the team back to the World Cup finals in 2018 for the first time since 1982.
The contract can be extended for an additional year if Peru qualify for the 2022 World Cup, said Gareca who took charge of the team in 2015.
Gareca's decision will likely come as relief to the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), whose president, Edwin Oviedo, has been under pressure to resign over accusations he gave World Cup tickets to a judge who helped exclude him from a murder probe.