Juan Ignacio Bircher

Defensive Midfielder - Nacional
29 Mar 2029
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116 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Lionel Jara says Nacional went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Santiago Rojas 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 Nacional this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Juan Pedro Raemdonck arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Juan Pedro Raemdonck has, at Nacional, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad16 Oct 2028

A row about effort at Nacional

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

Squad16 Oct 2028

Juan Ignacio Bircher signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Juan Ignacio Bircher and Nacional agree another 4 years.

Market16 Oct 2028

A long bet from Nacional on Juan Pedro Raemdonck

He is 19, and nobody at Nacional signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

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99 Edition

The Nacional Sentinel

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings19 Jun 2028

Nobody could get near Sebastián Vargas

Successful dribbles: 46. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match17 Jun 2028

Nacional make home a hard place to visit

19 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.

Squad19 Jun 2028

16 days out for Diego Duarte after a fracture

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

Squad19 Jun 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Derlis Cabañas

109 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Nacional lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market19 Jun 2028

Alfredo Martínez agrees terms with General Caballero

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Nacional people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market19 Jun 2028

Nacional may not be able to give Santiago Rojas what he wants

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

Squad19 Jun 2028

Words exchanged at Nacional

Santiago Rojas 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.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Nacional rebuffed over Thomas Barrios

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

Squad19 Jun 2028

Juan Ignacio Bircher arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Juan Ignacio Bircher has, at Nacional, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

In brief

46 Edition

The Unión de Santa Fe Courier

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market14 Jun 2027

Juan Ignacio Bircher asks to leave Unión de Santa Fe

“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.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

Unión de Santa Fe baulk at the price for Martín Pino

Godoy Cruz wanted more than $1.3M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A falling-out at Unión de Santa Fe

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

Market14 Jun 2027

Unión de Santa Fe sell Tomás Romero for $450.0K

Tomás Romero has left for Newell's Old Boys in a $450.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A row about effort at Unión de Santa Fe

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

Market14 Jun 2027

Belgrano join the queue for Eric Ramírez

Add another name to the list: Belgrano have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eric Ramírez. The answer from Unión de Santa Fe has not changed — yet.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Unión de Santa Fe lose Sebastián Sime

15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Cristian Tarragona 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.

The dugout14 Jun 2027

Jeremías González has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Unión de Santa Fe 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.

In brief