Kayke

Striker - Fortaleza
31 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Kayke

12 Edition

The Fortaleza Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

João Ricardo keeps Fortaleza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Gabriel Fuentes 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 Fortaleza this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Fortaleza

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tomás Pochettino

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Luiz Fernando

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.95, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Fortaleza get the job done against Flamengo

A 1‑0 win over Flamengo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Tomás Cardona

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Matheus Rossetto

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Kayke

“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.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Fortaleza Sentinel

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Tomás Cardona shuts the door

Defensive actions: 37, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

João Ricardo keeps Fortaleza in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Matheus Rossetto

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Brenno asks to leave Fortaleza

“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.

Match

5 matches without a win for Fortaleza

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Fortaleza are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Fortaleza

Tomás Pochettino 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.

In brief