José Castillo

Right Midfielder - Yaracuyanos
13 Jul 2028
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Marked for José Castillo

36 Edition

The Yaracuyanos Herald

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Apr 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yunior Ramírez

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

Match3 Apr 2027

4 matches without a win for Yaracuyanos

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Yaracuyanos are no longer polite ones.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Víctor Viez 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 Yaracuyanos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad5 Apr 2027

Maike Villero signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maike Villero commits to Yaracuyanos for another 4 years.

Squad5 Apr 2027

A row about effort at Yaracuyanos

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

Player ratings5 Apr 2027

Nobody could get near Santiago Rodríguez

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market5 Apr 2027

Eli Ordóñez is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Yaracuyanos has been clear about where Eli Ordóñez stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout5 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of José Castillo

“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.

The dugout5 Apr 2027

Half-satisfied: Jose Murillo on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

Back issues
35 Edition

The Yaracuyanos Herald

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad29 Mar 2027

The knee: Yunior Ramírez out for 59 days

59 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Yaracuyanos lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

José Castillo keeps the receipts

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

Squad29 Mar 2027

Tempers go at Yaracuyanos

Luis Ibargüen 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.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Jesús Cuero

“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.

Looking ahead29 Mar 2027

Maike Villero goes back to face Deportivo La Guaira

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Maike Villero’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Yaracuyanos needing him to play as if none of it matters.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

Mauricio Labranche knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Yaracuyanos, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

27 Edition

The Yaracuyanos Herald

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad1 Feb 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yunior Ramírez

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

Squad1 Feb 2027

Luis Ibargüen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Luis Ibargüen and Yaracuyanos agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Words at Yaracuyanos training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jesús Chacón 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.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Tempers go at Yaracuyanos

Luis Ibargüen 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.

Match30 Jan 2027

Yaracuyanos come up short against Estudiantes de Merida

Estudiantes de Merida left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Luis Ibargüen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Luis Ibargüen, and the manager let it.

The dugout1 Feb 2027

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Jose Murillo left the room before anybody could ask which.

Market1 Feb 2027

No place for Maike Villero in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Maike Villero has his answer from Yaracuyanos; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Player ratings1 Feb 2027

Santiago Rodríguez beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 13. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

In brief

26 Edition

The Yaracuyanos Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

2 academy players handed senior numbers at Yaracuyanos

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Match23 Jan 2027

A bad afternoon for Yaracuyanos against Deportivo Tachira

0‑2 to Deportivo Tachira, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market25 Jan 2027

Junior Arango steps up from the Yaracuyanos academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Junior Arango has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market25 Jan 2027

One of our own: Diego Savarino joins the Yaracuyanos first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Savarino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Jose Murillo to a room that had heard them before.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Yaracuyanos

Abdiel Carvajal 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.

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

Yaracuyanos turn down the training-ground plan

It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

Yaracuyanos pick somebody else ahead of José Castillo

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Óscar Aular

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Óscar Aular, and the manager let it.

In brief