Léo Jacó

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Santa Clara
28 Feb 2027
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The Santa Clara Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match16 Sep 2026

Santa Clara through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Sanjoanense, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Léo Jacó, 21, steals the show — 7.91

Marked 7.91 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad21 Sep 2026

André Picornell stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Santa Clara

Vinícius Lopes 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.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Afonso Duarte at Santa Clara

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Afonso Duarte is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

The terraces21 Sep 2026

Santa Clara supporters have found a favourite in Zinho

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Zinho has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match19 Sep 2026

Santa Clara find a way past Nacional

Nacional made Santa Clara work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words at Santa Clara training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lucas Soares 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.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Both jobs done by Italo Cabelinho — 6.95

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 10 actions, 6.95, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

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The Santa Clara Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Santa Clara may not be able to give Sidney Lima what he wants

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

Gonçalo Paciência signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gonçalo Paciência and Santa Clara agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Santa Clara

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

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Santa Clara training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guilherme Romão 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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Angers SCO tell Santa Clara: Prosper Peter 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

20 new faces, and Santa Clara are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for André Picornell is in the works

Santa Clara have made the call to Gil Vicente. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Santa Clara ask about Alexei Rojas Fedorushchenko

A loan enquiry to Arsenal: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market3 Aug 2026

Luis Fernando told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Luis Fernando has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Santa Clara.

In brief