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The Primera Division Gazette

1 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Javier Correa

The month closes with Javier Correa out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Colo-Colo have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Javier Correa

Marked 8.13 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Colo-Colo have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for O'Higgins

Sebastián Mella was marked 7.44 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.

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Esteban Valencia 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 Cobresal can pretend not to have heard.

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Nobody made more than Raúl Olivares this month

3 assists, 6.87, and a Santiago Wanderers 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.

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Tomás Alarcón is the division's best-marked player — 8.18

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. 8.18 across 4 matches for Colo-Colo.

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Ian Garguez wants European nights

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.

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Still scoring: Juan Martín Lucero

4 in 4 for Universidad de Chile. 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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Still scoring: Justo Giani

3 in 4 for Universidad Catolica. 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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Cris Martínez up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Huachipato — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Brayan Hurtado up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Antofagasta — 2 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Fernando Zampedri is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Universidad Catolica has been clear about where Fernando Zampedri stands, which is more than many ever get.

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The Primera Division Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Fernando Zampedri

The month closes with Fernando Zampedri out in front — 3 goals in 3 games, and Universidad Catolica have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Fernando Zampedri

Marked 8.22 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Universidad Catolica have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Santiago Wanderers

Juan Francisco Rossel was marked 7.02 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.

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Clemente Montes 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 Universidad Catolica can pretend not to have heard.

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Matías Fernández leads the division for assists — 7.38

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Colo-Colo player marked 7.38, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Universidad Catolica man

Fernando Zampedri averaged 8.22 over 3 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.

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Francisco González wants European nights

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.

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Tomás Alarcón is right behind him

2 goals in 3 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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Still scoring: Lucas Assadi

2 in 3 for Universidad de Chile. 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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Iam González keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 3 appearances for Iquique leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Miguel Terceros keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 3 appearances for San Marcos de Arica leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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The Sebastián Parada question follows San Luis around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Sebastián Parada’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

7 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daniel González 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 Universidad Catolica can pretend not to have heard.

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Universidad Catolica turn down Granada for Daniel González

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Sebastián Parada’s move to Universidad de Concepcion falls through

The deal that would have taken Sebastián Parada to Universidad de Concepcion has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to San Luis with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

6 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Colo-Colo say no — this time

The offer from Universidad de Chile for Javier Correa was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Nicolás Garrido asks to leave O'Higgins

“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.

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Universidad de Concepcion join the queue for Sebastián Parada

Add another name to the list: Universidad de Concepcion have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Sebastián Parada. The answer from San Luis has not changed — yet.

5 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Thiago Vecino 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 O'Higgins can pretend not to have heard.

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Universidad de Chile may not be able to give Javier Altamirano what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Javier Altamirano wants continental football; whether Universidad de Chile can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Nelson Guaiquil is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Huachipato has been clear about where Nelson Guaiquil stands, which is more than many ever get.

4 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Sebastián Parada asks to leave San Luis

“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.

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Universidad Catolica may not be able to give Clemente Montes what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Clemente Montes wants continental football; whether Universidad Catolica can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Universidad de Concepcion and Jorge Espejo are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

3 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Andrés Vilches tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 2 goals in 1 appearances for Union Espanola.

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Nobody made more than Bairon Monroy this month

1 assists, 8.17, and a San Marcos de Arica 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.

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Marco Collao’s move to KV Kortrijk falls through

The deal that would have taken Marco Collao to KV Kortrijk has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Audax Italiano with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

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Ezequiel Cañete wants European nights

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.

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Aktobe are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. O'Higgins will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

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Matías Gallegos makes the list

1 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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Still scoring: Justo Giani

1 in 1 for Universidad Catolica. 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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Camilo Melivilú makes the list

1 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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Still scoring: Nicolás Palma

1 in 1 for Union La Calera. 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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Fernando Zuqui: 1 assists this month — 8.04

Next on a chart nobody frames. 8.04 for a Universidad Catolica player whose month is measured in other people's goals.

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Rodrigo Cabral: 1 assists this month — 7.80

Next on a chart nobody frames. 7.80 for a Audax Italiano player whose month is measured in other people's goals.

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San Luis and Fernando Abarzúa are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

2 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daniel González tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 5 appearances for Universidad Catolica.

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The month belonged to Daniel González

Marked 7.95 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Universidad Catolica have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Huachipato

Kevin Altez was marked 7.26 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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O'Higgins say no — this time

The offer from Torpedo Kutaisi for Martín Sarrafiore was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

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Esteban Calderón 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 O'Higgins can pretend not to have heard.

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Fernando Zuqui leads the division for assists — 7.34

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Universidad Catolica player marked 7.34, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Aktobe watching Thiago Vecino

The interest is real enough to have reached print. O'Higgins have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

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Daniel González is the division's best-marked player — 7.95

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. 7.95 across 5 matches for Universidad Catolica.

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Marcelo Ortiz wants European nights

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.

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Juan Martín Lucero makes the list

5 appearances, 3 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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Still scoring: Agustín Urzi

3 in 5 for Universidad de Concepcion. 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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Marcos Camarda is right behind him

3 goals in 3 appearances for Vegalta Sendai, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

1 Edition

The Primera Division Gazette

1 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Javier Altamirano wants European nights

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.

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Rodrigo Saracho is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at San Marcos de Arica has been clear about where Rodrigo Saracho stands, which is more than many ever get.

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The clock runs on Javier Correa's contract

11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.