The Criciuma Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Casa Pia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Criciuma did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Andrey David signs for Boa while still at Criciuma
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Andrey David has agreed terms with Boa for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Pedro
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Pedro will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Criciuma the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yuri Tanque 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 Criciuma this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Criciuma agree a free transfer for Figueiredo
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Matheus Souza joins the Criciuma first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matheus Souza is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Criciuma promote Bruno Peixoto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bruno Peixoto has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
Marcelo Hermes the difference as Criciuma beat Sampaio Correa
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Marcelo Hermes. 1‑0 against Sampaio Correa, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Marcelo Hermes at his very best
Marked 8.37. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Criciuma.
In brief
- Squad Felipe is a square peg at Criciuma
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Squad Hiago Alves, 20, is the weekend’s best young player