Kaio Mendes

Right Back - O'Higgins
29 May 2027
Saturday
Process
39 Edition

The O'Higgins Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Felipe Faúndez: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” O'Higgins have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Austin FC watching Esteban Calderón

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.

Squad

Esteban Calderón 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.

In brief

Back issues
35 Edition

The O'Higgins Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaio Mendes

“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.

Match

O'Higgins share the spoils with Universidad Catolica

A 1-1 draw with Universidad Catolica leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Bastián Yáñez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at O'Higgins, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

31 Edition

The O'Higgins Sentinel

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Esteban Calderón: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” O'Higgins have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kaio Mendes

“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.

Squad

Miguel Brizuela loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Miguel Brizuela. O'Higgins will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

In brief

21 Edition

The O'Higgins Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Felipe Ogaz out for 71 days

The medical room confirms 71 days on the sidelines for Felipe Ogaz, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

San Marcos de Arica expected to open talks for Rodrigo Godoy

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. O'Higgins will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Market

Felipe Ogaz is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at O'Higgins has been clear about where Felipe Ogaz stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

O'Higgins and Kaio Mendes 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.

Market

O'Higgins put Nicolás Garrido up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Nicolás Garrido may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad

Somebody is after Francisco González’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Francisco González suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. O'Higgins have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

19 Edition

The O'Higgins Sentinel

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

O'Higgins turn down Universidad Catolica for Thiago Vecino

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

Market

Martín Quezada 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.

Squad

Luis Cabrera stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Luis Cabrera and O'Higgins agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Cristóbal Castillo told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Cristóbal Castillo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at O'Higgins.

Squad

Thiago Vecino asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

O'Higgins bring in an old head

Willian Pacheco is 34 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.

In brief