Beto

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Santa Cruz
21 Jan 2027
Thursday
Process

Marked for Beto

20 Edition

The Juventude Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

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

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

Match

Juventude are in real trouble now

Position 20, 11 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Alisson Safira attracts admirers

The name of Alisson Safira has come up in conversations Juventude were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Boardroom

Juventude to lose Beto for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Beto has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

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.

Market

Juventude sign Georgemy for $180.0K

The paperwork is done: Georgemy joins from Mirassol in a deal worth $180.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Match

The goals have deserted Juventude

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Juventude can tell you which week it ends in.

Market

Beto moves on

Santa Cruz pay $150.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Player ratings

Marcos Paulo 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.

In brief

  • Squad Marcílio falls out with a teammate over standards
  • Squad Igor João signs a new deal
  • Squad The manager makes an example of Raí
Back issues
20 Edition

The Santa Cruz Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom

Santa Cruz are going up

Promotion, confirmed and mathematical, and a town that will not sleep much tonight. Whatever else this season had in it, it ends a division higher than it began.

Squad

Eron keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Santa Cruz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Santa Cruz

Robinho 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.

Squad

Gabriel Souza is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Boardroom

Beto will join Santa Cruz for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Beto has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Santa Cruz have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Squad

Renato 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.

In brief