Zé Phelipe

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
26 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Zé Phelipe

6 Edition

The Atlético Mineiro Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Victor Hugo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

4 matches without a win for Atlético Mineiro

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

Squad

Words at Atlético Mineiro training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Renan Lodi 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.

Squad

Natanael 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 Atlético Mineiro this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Bernard

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

Player ratings

Gustavo Scarpa was the difference for Atlético Mineiro

Marked 7.35. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Atlético Mineiro Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

A brace, and Dudu takes the afternoon — 8.20

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Dudu provided it, and the 8.20 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Victor Hugo runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Gustavo Scarpa wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Atlético Mineiro hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Renan Lodi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Renan Lodi and Atlético Mineiro agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Atlético Mineiro

Gustavo Scarpa 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.

Match

Dudu the difference as Atlético Mineiro beat Bragantino

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Dudu. 3‑1 against Bragantino, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Cauã Soares

At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings

Gustavo Scarpa was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.38. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad

Renan Lodi asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief