The Huachipato Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Manuel Rivera gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Manuel Rivera has just signed for Huachipato, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A career in one shirt: Claudio Sepúlveda
11 seasons and 350 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Claudio Sepúlveda signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Claudio Sepúlveda and Huachipato agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Huachipato
Cris Martínez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Huachipato against Iquique
0‑1 to Iquique, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Harold Antiñirre
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Huachipato and Rafael Caroca 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Ezequiel Cañete
Still no offer on the table, and Ezequiel Cañete’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Jose Vargas answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Player ratings Maximiliano Rodríguez keeps on missing
- Looking ahead A reunion for Maicol León
- The dugout Carlos Herrera left out for tactical reasons at Huachipato