Néris

Central Defender - Fortaleza
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Marked for Néris

5 Edition

The Fortaleza Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match26 Aug 2026

The small margins put Fortaleza out

Out, 0‑0 to Flamengo, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

João Ricardo is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with João Ricardo: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Rodriguinho

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Fortaleza

Gabriel Fuentes 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.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

A defender's afternoon for Luan Freitas

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Tomás Cardona

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomás Cardona, and the manager let it.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Néris

18 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

The kick that got away from Gabriel Fuentes

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Pedro Henrique dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Fortaleza Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rodrigo

21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Fortaleza lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match19 Aug 2026

Fortaleza through in the cup

A 3‑1 win over Atlético Mineiro, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad24 Aug 2026

João Ricardo keeps Fortaleza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Welliton Matheus takes the afternoon — 8.25

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Welliton Matheus provided it, and the 8.25 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Gabriel Fuentes 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 Fortaleza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Rodriguinho

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Rodriguinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Néris

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match22 Aug 2026

Fortaleza and Bragantino take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

3 Edition

The Fortaleza Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 Aug 2026

João Ricardo is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with João Ricardo: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Rodrigo

28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Fortaleza lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match12 Aug 2026

Cup progress for Fortaleza

A 1‑1 win over Vitória, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a win for Fortaleza

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Fortaleza are no longer polite ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Fortaleza

Gabriel Fuentes 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.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Rodriguinho runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match15 Aug 2026

Cruzeiro take the points off Fortaleza

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Paulo Baya in the eights

A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Rafael Vaz out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Rafael Vaz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

  • Player ratings Néris misses from twelve yards
  • Player ratings The chances came and went for Juan Miritello
  • The terraces The press have found their man in Paulo Baya