Ian Machena

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
27 Aug 2028
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Marked for Ian Machena

87 Edition

The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market27 Mar 2028

Rodrigo Granillo agrees terms with Los Angeles Football Club

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Atlético Tucumán people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market27 Mar 2028

Luciano Vallejo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlético Tucumán can pretend not to have heard.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A falling-out at Atlético Tucumán

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

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Tomás Bustos frozen out at Atlético Tucumán

This is not rotation. Tomás Bustos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Atlético Tucumán is pretending otherwise.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Words at Atlético Tucumán training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Carlos Abeldaño 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.

Market27 Mar 2028

The Mateo Bajamich story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mateo Bajamich signs something — a contract at Atlético Tucumán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Looking ahead27 Mar 2028

Mateo Coronel goes back to face Argentinos Juniors

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Mateo Coronel’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Atlético Tucumán needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

When it matters, Luciano Vallejo 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.

Market27 Mar 2028

Still no ink between Atlético Tucumán and Braian Mamani

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Atlético Tucumán, another week without a signature from Braian Mamani.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Loan watch1 Mar 2027

The goals keep arriving from Mateo Coronel’s exile

29 goals in 27 games at Queretaro — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Atlético Tucumán updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

Market1 Mar 2027

Gastón Suso hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlético Tucumán can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

Ian Machena keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Atlético Tucumán may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words exchanged at Atlético Tucumán

Leandro Díaz 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.

Market1 Mar 2027

New York Red Bulls join the queue for Maximiliano Alanís

Add another name to the list: New York Red Bulls have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Maximiliano Alanís. The answer from Atlético Tucumán has not changed — yet.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Words at Atlético Tucumán training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Ortiz 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.

Player ratings1 Mar 2027

Mateo Bajamich beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Juan Infante is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Juan Infante has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Moisés Brandán

“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.

In brief

12 Edition

The Atlético Tucumán Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Lautaro Godoy: 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.” Atlético Tucumán have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market19 Oct 2026

Tobías Oscari has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Atlético Tucumán they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Atlético Tucumán

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

Squad19 Oct 2026

Kevin Ortiz 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.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Martín Ortega signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Martín Ortega commits to Atlético Tucumán for another 5 years.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Martín Benítez

“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 dugout19 Oct 2026

Leandro Díaz asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market19 Oct 2026

The Luis Ingolotti story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Luis Ingolotti signs something — a contract at Atlético Tucumán or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Gabriel Compagnucci has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Gabriel Compagnucci has written the date down.

In brief