Leonel Roldán

Defensive Midfielder - Juventud
28 Jan 2027
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Marked for Leonel Roldán

22 Edition

The Juventud Herald

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Dec 2026

Fernando Mimbacas asks to leave Juventud

“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.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Federico Barrandeguy: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juventud have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market28 Dec 2026

Juventud turn down Montevideo City Torque for Pablo Lago

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

Squad28 Dec 2026

A falling-out at Juventud

Sebastián Sosa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market28 Dec 2026

Geiner Martínez attracts admirers

The name of Geiner Martínez has come up in conversations Juventud were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets28 Dec 2026

Bragantino tell Juventud: Agustín Sant'Anna 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.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Words at Juventud training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonel Roldán 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.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Fabrizio Correa

“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.

The dugout28 Dec 2026

Sebastián Sosa 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 Sebastián Sosa is on it.

In brief

Back issues
21 Edition

The Juventud Herald

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market21 Dec 2026

Juventud turn down Rentistas for Julian Brandes

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

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Juventud

Sebastián Sosa 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.

Market21 Dec 2026

Business is business: Gonzalo Gómez goes

Plaza Colonia paid $440.0K and Juventud took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Mauro Muhlethaler signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mauro Muhlethaler and Juventud agree another 3 years.

Transfer targets21 Dec 2026

River Plate tell Juventud: Giovanni González 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.

Market21 Dec 2026

Montevideo City Torque watching Pablo Lago

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Juventud have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Juventud training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Leonel Roldán 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.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Agustín Alaniz

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

Squad21 Dec 2026

Gonzalo Pelúa is a square peg at Juventud

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.

In brief

9 Edition

The Juventud Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Sep 2026

Agustín Pérez 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 Juventud, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Juventud

Sebastián Sosa 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Agustín Alaniz falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Agustín Alaniz 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

14 new faces, and Juventud are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Leonel Roldán has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Juventud will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

5 Edition

The Juventud Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match29 Aug 2026

Juventud through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Racing, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match26 Aug 2026

Juventud march on in the cup

Racing are out and Juventud go through, 3‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Bruno Arady at 19 — 8.76

The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bruno Arady did not need any: 8.76, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Match29 Aug 2026

Juventud make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Juventud have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Juventud

Sebastián Sosa 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.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

One of their own: Leonel Roldán

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Matías Zunino 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.

Match26 Aug 2026

Juventud settle it inside twenty minutes

2 goals before the ground had finished arriving. Racing spent the rest of the afternoon playing a match that had already been decided, and everybody in the stadium knew it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Juventud

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

In brief