José Cabrera

Defensive Midfielder - Union Magdalena
12 Oct 2026
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Marked for José Cabrera

9 Edition

The Union Magdalena Herald

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match26 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Union Magdalena's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Union Magdalena has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Víctor Cabezas 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 Union Magdalena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match26 Sep 2026

Union Magdalena come up short against Alianza Petrolera

Alianza Petrolera left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Manuel Bravo

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

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Andrés Carreño could have had three

4 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.

Squad28 Sep 2026

When it matters, Mateo Aguilar 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
6 Edition

The Union Magdalena Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jimmy Congo breaks a bone — 26 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match5 Sep 2026

4 matches without a win for Union Magdalena

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Union Magdalena are no longer polite ones.

Match5 Sep 2026

Junior take the points off Union Magdalena

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of José Mercado

“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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Kleber Díaz 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 Union Magdalena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at Union Magdalena

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Andrés Carreño leaves them behind him

Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Market7 Sep 2026

Still no ink between Union Magdalena and Daniel Mera

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Union Magdalena, another week without a signature from Daniel Mera.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Nobody could get near Hugo Palacios

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

3 Edition

The Union Magdalena Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Union Magdalena sell their best player to Getafe

$4.7M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.

Match12 Aug 2026

Cup progress for Union Magdalena

A 1‑0 win over Patriotas, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match15 Aug 2026

Chastening afternoon for Union Magdalena

A 0‑3 beating by Atletico Nacional was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Edson González could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.86

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.86, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Match12 Aug 2026

Cruel end for Patriotas as Union Magdalena pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Union Magdalena scored in the 106th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Union Magdalena sell a favourite for $4.7M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Cristian Iguarán was one of the reasons people came, and $4.7M does not replace that by itself.

Market17 Aug 2026

Union Magdalena turn down Livyi Bereh for Kleber Díaz

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

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nothing got past José Cabrera

24 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Víctor Cabezas 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 Union Magdalena this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief