Leonel Roldán

Defensive Midfielder - Juventud
13 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Leonel Roldán

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The Juventud Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Gonzalo Gómez sends Juventud through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Gonzalo Gómez obliged against Rampla Juniors. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Juventud.

Player ratings

Bruno Arady, 19, steals the show — 8.54

Marked 8.54 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market

Only the photograph left for Facundo Pérez

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Facundo Pérez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Juventud the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match

Juventud cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Boardroom

Juventud to lose Facundo Pérez for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Facundo Pérez has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Sebastián Sosa 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 Juventud this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Ramiro Peralta beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Leonel Roldán

At 21 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.

Match

Gastón Pereiro sends Juventud past Cerro Largo

It finished 1‑0, and it was Gastón Pereiro’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Juventud.

In brief