Vitor André

Defensive Midfielder - Hapoel Haifa
22 May 2029
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Marked for Vitor André

127 Edition

The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match30 Dec 2028

The wait goes on for Hapoel Haifa

10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market1 Jan 2029

Vitor André puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hapoel Haifa, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Words exchanged at Hapoel Haifa

Lawrence Agyekum 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.

Market1 Jan 2029

Shai Elias is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hapoel Haifa has been clear about where Shai Elias stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings1 Jan 2029

Nobody could get near Lawrence Agyekum

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match30 Dec 2028

Maccabi Netanya take the points off Hapoel Haifa

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

The dugout1 Jan 2029

No hiding place for Arad Bar

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

The dugout1 Jan 2029

Guy Shechter: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Market1 Jan 2029

Talks stall between Hapoel Haifa and Dan Glazer

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

Back issues
114 Edition

The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match27 Sep 2028

Cup progress for Hapoel Haifa

A 2‑1 win over Bnei Sakhnin, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match30 Sep 2028

Nowhere to hide for Hapoel Haifa

0‑3 against Hapoel Beer Sheva, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Player ratings2 Oct 2028

Tunde Azeez goes up and wins it — 7.88

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.88 for the rest of it.

Squad2 Oct 2028

Tempers go at Hapoel Haifa

Lawrence Agyekum 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.

Squad2 Oct 2028

A row about effort at Hapoel Haifa

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Shai Elias was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces2 Oct 2028

The crowd has taken to Vitor André

At 22 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 ratings2 Oct 2028

A masterclass from George Diba

Marked 8.06 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout2 Oct 2028

The manager makes an example of Sa'ar Fadida

“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.

Boardroom2 Oct 2028

Inquest at Hapoel Haifa

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

58 Edition

The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad6 Sep 2027

Dor Malul breaks a bone — 98 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 98 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A career in one shirt: Dor Malul

12 seasons and 498 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.

Market6 Sep 2027

Vitor André asks to leave Hapoel Haifa

“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.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

Hapoel Haifa close the window on a squad of their own making

17 in and 9 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets6 Sep 2027

Olimpia tell Hapoel Haifa: Alan Cano is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Words at Hapoel Haifa training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. George Diba 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.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Dan Glazer is a square peg at Hapoel Haifa

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Tamir Arbel gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tamir Arbel is on it.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Naor Sabag 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 Hapoel Haifa, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

51 Edition

The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Esquerdinha turns down Hapoel Haifa

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: São Paulo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Hapoel Haifa rebuffed over Marlon

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Shakhtar have kept their man, and Hapoel Haifa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

A loan move for Daniel Lima is in the works

Hapoel Haifa have made the call to Atlético Goianiense. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Kervin Andrade still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Hapoel Haifa would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Market19 Jul 2027

The Willy Agada question follows Hapoel Haifa around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Willy Agada’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

When it matters, Matan Ambar plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

Roei Zikri knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roei Zikri trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

A door opens for Sali Pahima

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Lessons booked for Vitor André at Hapoel Haifa

Nobody writes a headline about a tutor. Nobody has to be told, either, what happens to a signing who spends two years being the man nobody can talk to at lunch.

In brief