Marked for Daniel Bolívar
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Marítimo de La Guaira is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Anthony Graterol 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.
Market23 Nov 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Rodrigo Febres’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Marítimo de La Guaira is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Clyde García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Daniel Chocó 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.
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Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Lucas Trejo is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 38 years old, 4 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Marítimo de La Guaira training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clyde García 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
José Reyes gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say José Reyes is on it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Daniel Chocó knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Marítimo de La Guaira, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market19 Oct 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Diego Gil’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Marítimo de La Guaira, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Anthony Graterol 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at Marítimo de La Guaira training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clyde García 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.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Harold Cortés, and the manager let it.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Daniel Bolívar has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Marítimo de La Guaira will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
Harold Cortés has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Marítimo de La Guaira they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Daniel Bolívar has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Marítimo de La Guaira will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Enmanuel Moreno 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.