Murilo Chico

Defensive Midfielder - Ypiranga
5 Jan 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Murilo Chico

23 Edition

The Ypiranga Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Real improvement from Murilo Chico at Ypiranga

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Murilo Chico is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market

Mateus Claus arrives at Ypiranga in a $310.0K statement of intent

There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Ypiranga have paid $310.0K for Mateus Claus, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.

The terraces

Ypiranga spend $310.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $310.0K for Mateus Claus, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

The dugout

No hiding place for Edílson

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

Squad

This league is too small for Mateus Claus

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Ypiranga will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market

Talks stall between Ypiranga and Danny

“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.

Market

Ypiranga sign Italo, one for the future

Italo is 20, and Ypiranga have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Squad

Guilherme Moura is a square peg at Ypiranga

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Squad

João Vitor is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and João Vitor 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.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

André Luiz breaks a bone — 52 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 52 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Londrina tear Ypiranga apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Ypiranga, and it could have been more.

Player ratings

Bruno Santos scores twice — 8.82

Two goals and a mark of 8.82 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Gilberto, 37, rolls back the years — 8.15

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.15 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Player ratings

Jotta beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

Murilo Chico has one foot out of the door

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

Player ratings

Iago Teles has a hand in both — 7.96

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.96, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Gilberto

15 goals and a season average of 7.28 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad

Words exchanged at Londrina

Paulinho Moccelin 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.

In brief

10 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Age has not caught Gilberto yet — 8.53

At 37 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.53 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Match

Londrina make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Londrina have 3 straight wins of it.

Market

Murilo Chico has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Londrina

Paulinho Moccelin 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.

Squad

Wallace 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.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Gilberto

13 goals and a season average of 7.24 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match

Londrina see off ABC

Three points for Londrina, 2‑1 the final word against ABC in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout

No hiding place for Kozlinski

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

Player ratings

Bruno Santos in the eights

A performance of 8.72 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

  • Player ratings Iago Teles was unplayable
  • Squad Kevyn signs on for more
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
5 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Cup progress for Londrina

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

Match

Londrina cannot stop winning

7 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market

Londrina turn down Flora for Zanella

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

Boardroom

Londrina to lose Daniel Bolt for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Daniel Bolt has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Kevyn out for 63 days

The medical room confirms 63 days on the sidelines for Kevyn, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Murilo Chico has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

A falling-out at Londrina

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

Match

Lucas Marques the difference as Londrina beat Confiança

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lucas Marques. 3‑1 against Confiança, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Wallace 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.

In brief