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Aberdeen defender Joe MacPherson has been called up by PERU.

The 17-year-old, who was born in Lima, is one of two foreign-based players to be named by boss Daniel Ahmed for an upcoming Under-18's training camp.

MacPherson, who has been capped at Under-16 and Under-17 level by Scotland played in the Dons development team's 1-0 Irn-Bru Cup victory over St Johnstone Colts in August.

The central defender was part of Scot Gemmill's squad for the qualifying phase for the 2016/17 European Under-17 Championships and played in wins against Portugal and Wales.

MacPherson was originally part of the Paul Lawrie Football Foundation, which was originally set up to help talented youngsters start playing golf before venturing into football.

The right-sided defender was one of five players from the Youth Academy to be offered a professional contract going into the 2016-17 season.

The Dons starlet joins Brescia's Alessandro Milesi in being the only players in the 26-man squad to not play their football in Peru.