Ignacio Rodríguez

Central Defender - Central Espanol
26 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Ignacio Rodríguez

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The Central Espanol Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Central Espanol out

Out, 1‑2 to Liverpool Montevideo, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Player ratings

Rodrigo Muníz runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Central Espanol

Máximo Alonso 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.

Squad

Words at Central Espanol training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcos Montiel is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Ignacio Gonella moves on

Kauno Zalgiris pay $48.0K, 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.

Squad

Máximo Alonso 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

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3 Edition

The Central Espanol Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Cup progress for Central Espanol

A 4‑3 win over Fenix, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

3 goals for Facundo Borges

The match ball belongs to Facundo Borges, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Nicolás Campos at 21 — 8.07

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Nicolás Campos did not need any: 8.07, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Fernando Camarda

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Central Espanol turn down Zvezda for Ignacio Gonella

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

Squad

Máximo Alonso 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 Central Espanol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Central Espanol and Fenix in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Market

Business is business: Facundo Milán goes

AE Kition paid $250.0K and Central Espanol took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Player ratings

Facundo Borges was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.37. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

In brief