Mario Torres

Defensive Midfielder - Real Cartagena
31 Jan 2027
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Marked for Mario Torres

22 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Dec 2026

Janeth Alemán damages knee ligaments — 33 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market28 Dec 2026

Joiner Moreno has said yes to Real Santander

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Real Cartagena have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market28 Dec 2026

Real Cartagena turn down Atletico Bucaramanga for Toni Villa

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

Market28 Dec 2026

Only the photograph left for Álvaro Meléndez

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Álvaro Meléndez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Real Cartagena the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Keiner Hurtado arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Keiner Hurtado has, at Real Cartagena, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets28 Dec 2026

Door shut on Jeisson Castro

Real Cartagena asked and Tigres said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Boardroom28 Dec 2026

Wages swallow 169% of the Real Cartagena income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad28 Dec 2026

Words exchanged at Real Cartagena

Mario Torres 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 Dec 2026

Keiner Hurtado signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Keiner Hurtado and Real Cartagena agree another 4 years.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad9 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Real Cartagena

Mario Torres 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.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Leiner Lobo

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

Market9 Nov 2026

The shop window has Leiner Lobo in it

Real Cartagena have let the market know Leiner Lobo can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

8 Edition

The Real Cartagena Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Sep 2026

A fracture rules Jose Vargas out for 20 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Real Cartagena will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Mario Torres 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

The penny has dropped for Mateo Castillo

He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Real Cartagena the difference is visible from the back of the stand.

In brief