From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Dec 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at San Luis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Dec 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Antofagasta is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Dec 2029
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether O'Higgins can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
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Steady
Market1 Nov 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Colo-Colo, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Nov 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad de Chile they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Nov 2029
Daniel González wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Universidad Catolica hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 1 goals in 1 appearances for Palestino.
Market1 Oct 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Oct 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Iquique they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Oct 2029
Terms done: Kawê is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Sumgayit waiting with a shirt. Nobody at O'Higgins is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Nobody made more than Diego Valencia this month
1 assists, 8.04, and a Iquique player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Oct 2029
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Colo-Colo heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
A productive month at Colo-Colo — 1 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
Santiago Silva up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Huachipato — 1 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2029
1 appearances, 1 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Iván Morales is the division’s leading scorer
3 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. O'Higgins have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Marked 8.01 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. O'Higgins have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Cristian Díaz is the month's best young player — 6.84
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.84 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Antofagasta player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2029
David Bramajo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what San Marcos de Arica can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2029
The bid was some way short and O'Higgins did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Sep 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Palestino they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Sep 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Colo-Colo have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Thiago Vecino leads the division for assists — 7.68
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Iquique player marked 7.68, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Colo-Colo man
Franco Romero averaged 8.08 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
2 goals in 2 appearances for Colo-Colo, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
Thiago Vecino up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Iquique — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2029
2 in 4 for Antofagasta. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
The month closes with Lisandro Cabrera out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Huachipato have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Everybody in the division was measured and a Huachipato man came out on top: 8.40 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Market1 Aug 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around O'Higgins people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Union Espanola
Diego Robles was marked 6.82 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Aug 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Palestino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Aug 2029
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Cobresal had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
4 assists, 7.78, and a Colo-Colo player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Aug 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at O'Higgins is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
Lisandro Cabrera is the division's best-marked player — 8.40
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.40 across 4 matches for Huachipato.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for Colo-Colo leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
A productive month at San Luis — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2029
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The month closes with Demarai Gray out in front — 3 goals in 5 games, and Colo-Colo have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Player of the month: Demarai Gray — 8.21
Everybody in the division was measured and a Colo-Colo man came out on top: 8.21 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Market1 Jul 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Palestino have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Union Espanola
Diego Robles was marked 6.95 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jul 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jul 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Jul 2029
Eduardo Vargas has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Universidad de Chile they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
The division’s top provider is Justo Giani — 7.48
5 assists across the month from a Colo-Colo player marked 7.48. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
Maximiliano Rodríguez is the division's best-marked player — 8.78
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.78 across 2 matches for Huachipato.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
3 goals in 5 appearances for Universidad Catolica, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2029
3 goals in 2 appearances for Huachipato, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
The month closes with Maximiliano Rodríguez out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Huachipato have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Everybody in the division was measured and a Colo-Colo man came out on top: 7.81 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Christian Silva is the month's best young player — 6.80
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.80 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Santiago Wanderers U20 player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jun 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Agustín Venezia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Iquique the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
4 assists, 7.39, and a Huachipato player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Huachipato man
Maximiliano Rodríguez averaged 8.16 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Jun 2029
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Market1 Jun 2029
Daniel González wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Universidad Catolica hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Huachipato leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Sporting CP B leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2029
4 goals in 4 appearances for Colo-Colo, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Scoring charts1 May 2029
The month closes with Beni Makouana out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Cobresal have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Player of the month: Beni Makouana — 8.18
Everybody in the division was measured and a Cobresal man came out on top: 8.18 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Young player of the month: Joaquín Muñoz — 6.83
6.83 across the month and 0 goal contributions from a O'Higgins player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 May 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Palestino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Nobody made more than Bastián Yáñez this month
4 assists, 7.96, and a O'Higgins player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Antofagasta is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
Highest marks in the league belong to a Cobresal man
Beni Makouana averaged 8.18 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 May 2029
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market1 May 2029
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
3 goals in 4 appearances for Colo-Colo, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
A productive month at Huachipato — 5 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 May 2029
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
The month closes with David Fernández out in front — 4 goals in 5 games, and O'Higgins have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
Everybody in the division was measured and a Audax Italiano man came out on top: 7.91 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
Young player of the month: Augusto Saravia — 7.22
7.22 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a San Marcos de Arica player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Apr 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Apr 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at San Marcos de Arica is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
David Fernández leads the division for assists — 7.64
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a O'Higgins player marked 7.64, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
Juan Manuel Cruz is the division's best-marked player — 7.91
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 7.91 across 5 matches for Audax Italiano.
Market1 Apr 2029
Felipe Loyola wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Colo-Colo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market1 Apr 2029
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Colo-Colo can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
4 goals in 5 appearances for Universidad de Chile leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
5 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2029
4 goals in 5 appearances for Colo-Colo, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 3 appearances for Audax Italiano.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Everybody in the division was measured and a Audax Italiano man came out on top: 8.10 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Maximiliano Galeano Silva was marked 6.56 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Mar 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Palestino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Mar 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Universidad de Concepcion is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Nobody made more than Santiago Toloza this month
2 assists, 7.54, and a O'Higgins player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Mar 2029
The bid was some way short and Colo-Colo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Maximiliano Rodríguez is the division's best-marked player — 8.24
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.24 across 3 matches for Huachipato.
Market1 Mar 2029
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Colo-Colo heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
Matías Vargas up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Universidad de Chile — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2029
4 goals in 3 appearances for Huachipato, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Feb 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cobresal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Agustín Venezia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Iquique the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Feb 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Iquique people have started saying his name in the past tense.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jan 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Universidad de Concepcion have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Jan 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jan 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.