David Rodríguez

Central Midfielder - Retired
4 Feb 2028
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12 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad19 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Ángel Mora

At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Freyn Macleyn stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Freyn Macleyn and Patriotas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match17 Oct 2026

Esteven Salguero’s goal not enough for Patriotas

Esteven Salguero scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Deportes Tolima, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Javier Angulo in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Patriotas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Éder Chaux gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad19 Oct 2026

The decline has begun for David Rodríguez

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Patriotas is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

A promise honoured for Kevin Salazar

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Patriotas told Kevin Salazar something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 James Gonzalez left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The form table has caught Darwin Palomeque

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

In brief

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11 Edition

The Patriotas Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Alejandro Amaya keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Patriotas may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Andrés Cifuentes is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Patriotas

Javier Angulo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad12 Oct 2026

David Rodríguez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Rodríguez and Patriotas agree another 1 years.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Jonnier Torres falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

A test against the best for Patriotas

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Deportes Tolima.

Market12 Oct 2026

Patriotas bring in an old head

David Rodríguez is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Éder Chaux goes back to face Deportes Tolima

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Éder Chaux’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Patriotas needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

José Móntes has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Patriotas will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief