Daniel Nolasco

Central Defender - Leixões
2 Jun 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Daniel Nolasco

8 Edition

The Leixões Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Leixões through in the cup

A 2‑0 win over Oliveirense, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Rúben Pina’s move to Nacional falls through

The deal that would have taken Rúben Pina to Nacional has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Leixões with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Leixões — 7.72

1 for Rafael Santos, marked 7.72, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market

Leixões turn down Sanjoanense for Daniel Nolasco

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

Market

Leixões may not be able to give Mateus Castro what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Mateus Castro wants continental football; whether Leixões can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

Words exchanged at Leixões

Rafael Barbosa 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.

Player ratings

Miguel Sousa runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The terraces

One of their own: Gustavo Lobo

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Luccas Paraízo at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Leixões.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Leixões Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Caldas come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Leixões did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Rafael Santos 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 Leixões can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

Leixões close the window on a squad of their own making

23 in and 30 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets

Kauã Moraes turns down Leixões

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Cruzeiro keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Oscar Naasei 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 Leixões this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

The Feirense deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Igor Stefanović reports back to Leixões with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Squad

Paulinho pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Transfer targets

Leixões baulk at the price for Rúben Furtado

Braga wanted more than $240.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Transfer targets

Leixões rebuffed over Diogo Travassos

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Braga have kept their man, and Leixões go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief