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Crisis
Match7 Aug 2027
9 matches without a win for Criciuma
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Criciuma are no longer polite ones.
Match9 Aug 2027
Criciuma sink to position 1912 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Aírton
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Aírton A one-man rearguard from Aírton
Market9 Aug 2027
Waldson has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Criciuma they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
Match7 Aug 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Rodrigo and Criciuma agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch9 Aug 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Criciuma , and 5 appearances in 27 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gui Lobo and Criciuma agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Willean Lepo 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
The clock runs on Gui Lobo 's contract
36 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
In brief
Market
The window shut and Waguininho is still in the building
Squad
Waguininho keeps his manager's vote
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
The fee is $190.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Mirassol drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market21 Dec 2026
Parana pay $83.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Waguininho
“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.
Market21 Dec 2026
Kauã is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Criciuma has been clear about where Kauã stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market21 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Waguininho may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Rodrigão has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Rodrigão keeps the shirt for now, at Criciuma 's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
Vitória come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Criciuma did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market7 Dec 2026
“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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Pedro is on his wayThe clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Criciuma is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Heitor Roca and Criciuma agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Heitor Roca told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Heitor Roca has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Criciuma .
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Steady
Match2 Nov 2026
Criciuma are in among the leadersPosition 1 and 16 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
272% of the income goes out in wages at Criciuma
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of César Martins
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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.
Market2 Nov 2026
Eduardo runs his contract down1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Criciuma money.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Heitor Roca 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 Criciuma , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match7 Sep 2026
Criciuma up to position 113 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
635% of the income goes out in wages at Criciuma
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of César Martins
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
A 1-1 draw with Parana leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The armband comes off Gui Lobo
Criciuma will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
In brief
Squad
Romarinho unhappy with how he is being used
Squad
Eduardo knocks on the manager's door
Market
Eduardo runs his contract down