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Soccer-Peru turn to stalwarts for Copa America

LIMA, May 25 (Reuters) - Old faithfuls Claudio Pizarro, Jefferson Farfan and Juan Vargas, all in the 30s and with little playing time at their European clubs this term, made the cut as Peru named a 23-man squad for the Copa America on Monday.

Pizarro, 36, has made only 13 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern Munich this season, most of them as a second-half substitute, and failed to score.

Farfan, 30, has missed most of Schalke 04's campaign with injury and Vargas, 31, has been a secondary player at Fiorentina in Serie A.