Esquerdinha

Central Midfielder - Luverdense
26 Nov 2026
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Marked for Esquerdinha

17 Edition

The Luverdense Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

No sign of nerves from Lucas Werneck at 20 — 7.97

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Lucas Werneck did not need any: 7.97, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings23 Nov 2026

Esquerdinha beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match21 Nov 2026

A bad afternoon for Luverdense against Capital

1‑2 to Capital, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Leandro 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Edson Kauã 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Too much change too quickly at Luverdense

9 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.

The dugout23 Nov 2026

Antônio Fonseca faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Antônio Fonseca after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Luverdense

David Lucas 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.

Squad23 Nov 2026

Fernando Guimarães stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Fernando Guimarães and Luverdense agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

  • Market The Adson story refuses to die
  • The dugout The plan did not have a place for David Lucas
  • The dugout David Lucas asks for a word with the manager
Back issues
5 Edition

The Luverdense Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Adson runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A move Esquerdinha would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Esquerdinha is living that version at Luverdense, and it tends to show in the first month.

Match29 Aug 2026

The wait goes on for Luverdense

5 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.

Match29 Aug 2026

The goals have deserted Luverdense

5 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Luverdense can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Esquerdinha signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Esquerdinha commits to Luverdense for another 4 years.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Luverdense

Raphinha 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Edson Kauã 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Luverdense finally fill the problem position with Esquerdinha

Every supporter in the ground could have named the hole in this team, and most of them did, loudly, for months. Esquerdinha has been signed to close it.

Market31 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Luverdense and William Mineiro

“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