Yefrín Castillo

Striker - Real Cartagena
10 Jul 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Yefrín Castillo

46 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $350.0K sale of Guillermo Gómez

He is going to Jaguares, the club has $350.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market

Real Cartagena turn down Valledupar for Yefrín Castillo

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

Squad

Fredy Montero 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 Real Cartagena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Jéferson Medina is a Real Cartagena player

The fee is $100.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Fortaleza CEIF drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Real Cartagena sell Guillermo Gómez for $350.0K

Guillermo Gómez has left for Jaguares in a $350.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Words at Real Cartagena training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Didier Pino 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.

Squad

Joiner Moreno 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.

Match

Honours even between Real Cartagena and Deportivo Cali

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

When it matters, Álvaro Meléndez 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.

In brief

Back issues
43 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Jarlan Barrera runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. 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 Real Cartagena

Fredy Montero 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.

Match

Union Magdalena take the points off Real Cartagena

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

5 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Fredy Montero 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 Real Cartagena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Janeth Alemán pulls a muscle — 15 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad

Yefrín Castillo has settled at Real Cartagena

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief