Clébio

Central Defender - Juventude
7 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Clébio

61 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Ari Moura: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Juventude have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Juventude

Evertton Araújo 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.

Match

Evertton Araújo the difference as Juventude beat Grêmio

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Evertton Araújo. 3‑2 against Grêmio, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Diogo Barbosa

“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.

Player ratings

Relebohile Mofokeng in the eights

A performance of 8.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Evertton Araújo at his very best

Marked 8.19. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Juventude.

Squad

Costly mistake from Jandrei

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Jandrei knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Loan watch

Carlos Junior has seen enough of Juazeirense

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Juventude, and 5 appearances in 39 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

A satisfied Marcelo Soares

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑2, Marcelo Soares could afford to be generous.

In brief

  • The dugout Patryck Lanza has become a man the manager trusts
  • Market Clébio is free to find somewhere else
  • Market Alan linked with a move away
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The Juventude Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Luisinho damages knee ligaments — 43 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 43 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.

Squad

7 saves: Jandrei was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match

No end in sight to Juventude's wait for a win

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

Squad

Tempers go at Juventude

Gabriel Taliari 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.

Match

Juventude cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Match

Sport Recife take the points off Juventude

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Rodrigo Sam 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.

Player ratings

Luiz Mandaca beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Marcelo Soares faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marcelo Soares after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief