Peixinho

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Trofense
26 Aug 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Peixinho

4 Edition

The Trofense Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets

Door shut on Daniel Rivas

Trofense asked and AVS said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Words exchanged at Trofense

Ricardo Alves 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.

The terraces

One of their own: Peixinho

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match

Peixinho sends Trofense past Vitória Guimarães B

It finished 1‑0, and it was Peixinho’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Trofense.

Squad

Duarte Simoes out for 39 days

The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Duarte Simoes, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Still no ink between Trofense and Diogo Pereira

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Trofense, another week without a signature from Diogo Pereira.

Squad

Trofense are still strangers to each other

20 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Player ratings

Peixinho stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.65 on the card, and the Trofense support went home talking about one name.

Squad

Ruben Santos signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ruben Santos and Trofense agree another 3 years.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Trofense
  • Market Pablo Andrade joins Trofense to strengthen the squad
Back issues
1 Edition

The Estoril Praia Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Estoril Praia say no — this time

The offer from Stal Mielec for Sala was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Yanis Begraoui wants more than Estoril Praia are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

João Carvalho signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” João Carvalho commits to Estoril Praia for another 4 years.

Squad

Jordan Holsgrove 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 Estoril Praia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Roberto comes home

The shirt still fits. Roberto is back at Estoril Praia, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.

Market

Trofense join the queue for Peixinho

Add another name to the list: Trofense have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Peixinho. The answer from Estoril Praia has not changed — yet.

In brief

1 Edition

The Trofense Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Trofense

Leo Lopes 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 targets

Trofense try to borrow Andrey

Mafra have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets

Trofense try to borrow Miguel Vaz

Vitoria Guimaraes have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets

Trofense ask about Peixinho

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

The dugout

Leo Lopes knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Leo Lopes trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Khalid Hachadi slips out the side door

No fee and no fanfare: Khalid Hachadi’s time at Trofense ends with a handshake, and Feirense collect a player for the price of his wages. Somebody will call it shrewd; time will name who.

In brief