Samuel Ruiz

Central Midfielder - America Mineiro
16 Dec 2027
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The America Mineiro Post

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad13 Dec 2027

97 days out for Gonzalo Mastriani after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. America Mineiro will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad13 Dec 2027

6 saves: Bruno Brígido was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market13 Dec 2027

Samuel Ruiz puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at America Mineiro, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match11 Dec 2027

4 matches without a win for America Mineiro

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around America Mineiro are no longer polite ones.

Squad13 Dec 2027

Tempers go at America Mineiro

Otávio 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.

Market13 Dec 2027

Yago Souza moves on

Bragantino pay $310.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Transfer targets13 Dec 2027

Sport Recife tell America Mineiro: Cleiton is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match11 Dec 2027

Late, late show earns America Mineiro a point

Minute 93, against Grêmio, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

The dugout13 Dec 2027

The manager makes an example of Val Soares

“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.

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The America Mineiro Post

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad30 Aug 2027

A fracture rules Héber out for 51 days

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

Player ratings30 Aug 2027

Fernando was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 25. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad30 Aug 2027

A falling-out at America Mineiro

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

Squad30 Aug 2027

Otávio 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.

Squad30 Aug 2027

A late step up for Liberato

At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Gustavo

“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.

Match28 Aug 2027

Atlético Mineiro take the points off America Mineiro

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Bruno Oliveira left the room before anybody could ask which.

The terraces30 Aug 2027

Everybody has an opinion about Gustavo

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

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The America Mineiro Post

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Jun 2027

Héber breaks a bone — 134 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 134 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

$230.0K settles it between the clubs for Cassiano

Oeste have accepted the money. What America Mineiro do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market14 Jun 2027

Bruno Brígido asks to leave America Mineiro

“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.

Match12 Jun 2027

No end in sight to America Mineiro's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at America Mineiro has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at America Mineiro

Gonzalo Mastriani 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.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A row about effort at America Mineiro

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Otávio was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom14 Jun 2027

America Mineiro agree a free transfer for Da Mata

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

No hiding place for Eduardo Person

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

Match12 Jun 2027

America Mineiro come up short against Corinthians

Corinthians left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief

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The America Mineiro Post

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom14 Dec 2026

America Mineiro lift the trophy

The season a town measures the next twenty against. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.

Boardroom14 Dec 2026

Up they go: America Mineiro promoted

Confirmed, mathematical, and a town awake all night. Whatever else the season contained, it finishes a division higher than it started.

Market14 Dec 2026

Only the photograph left for Yago Santos

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Yago Santos will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around America Mineiro the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Maguinho 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 America Mineiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom14 Dec 2026

Andrei will join America Mineiro for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Andrei has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means America Mineiro have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Transfer targets14 Dec 2026

Corinthians tell America Mineiro: Alex Santana is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout14 Dec 2026

The manager makes an example of Fernando Elizari

“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.

Squad14 Dec 2026

Words at America Mineiro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Héber 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.

Squad14 Dec 2026

No place for Samuel Ruiz in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation America Mineiro are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

In brief