René Mitongo

Striker - Estrela da Amadora
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30 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad22 Feb 2027

Joan Jordán breaks a bone — 116 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 116 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Player ratings22 Feb 2027

Lovro Zvonarek, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.37

A mark of 8.37 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings22 Feb 2027

Abraham Marcus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match20 Feb 2027

The wait goes on for Estrela da Amadora

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Abraham Marcus 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 Estrela da Amadora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad22 Feb 2027

Words at Estrela da Amadora training over how hard people work

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

The terraces22 Feb 2027

Estrela da Amadora supporters have found a favourite in Lovro Zvonarek

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Lovro Zvonarek has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match20 Feb 2027

Arouca snatch it back from Estrela da Amadora

A goal on 90 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.

Match20 Feb 2027

Honours even between Estrela da Amadora and Arouca

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

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28 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad8 Feb 2027

130 days out for Joan Jordán after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Estrela da Amadora will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match6 Feb 2027

Estrela da Amadora taken apart

0‑3 to Benfica, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Renan Ribeiro stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

René Mitongo says Estrela da Amadora went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Rafa Soares 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 Estrela da Amadora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad8 Feb 2027

A row about effort at Estrela da Amadora

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

Transfer targets8 Feb 2027

KV Oostende tell Estrela da Amadora: Thorgan Nainggolan is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Renan Ribeiro

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

Boardroom8 Feb 2027

Inquest at Estrela da Amadora

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

15 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Jeremy Arévalo, 21, steals the show — 8.25

Marked 8.25 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Renan Ribeiro keeps Estrela da Amadora in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad9 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Estrela da Amadora

Joan Jordán and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match7 Nov 2026

Estrela da Amadora see off Tondela

Three points for Estrela da Amadora, 2‑1 the final word against Tondela in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces9 Nov 2026

One of their own: Jeremy Arévalo

He is 21 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.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Abraham Marcus was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.10. 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.

The dugout9 Nov 2026

The manager makes an example of Leandro Antonetti

“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 dugout9 Nov 2026

A satisfied Carlos Barbosa

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Carlos Barbosa could afford to be generous.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Dudu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

14 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match28 Oct 2026

Cup progress for Estrela da Amadora

A 3‑0 win over Leiria, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A debut Jorge Miranda will not forget — 7.21

There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.21 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Joca runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Lovro Zvonarek, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.18

A mark of 8.18 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Estrela da Amadora

Rafa Soares 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.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Luan Patrick falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match31 Oct 2026

Estrela da Amadora come up short against Casa Pia

Casa Pia left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The terraces2 Nov 2026

Estrela da Amadora supporters have found a favourite in Lovro Zvonarek

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Lovro Zvonarek has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Ninety minutes of Jefferson Encada at his very best

Marked 8.10. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Estrela da Amadora.

In brief

8 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Lovro Zvonarek, 21, steals the show — 8.19

Marked 8.19 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match19 Sep 2026

6 matches without a win for Estrela da Amadora

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Estrela da Amadora are no longer polite ones.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at Estrela da Amadora

Joan Jordán 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Estrela da Amadora against Estoril Praia

2‑3 to Estoril Praia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Estrela da Amadora

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

The terraces21 Sep 2026

Estrela da Amadora supporters have found a favourite in Lovro Zvonarek

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Lovro Zvonarek has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of René Mitongo

“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 dugout21 Sep 2026

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 2‑3 defeat, delivered by Carlos Barbosa to a room that had heard them before.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Gustavo Torres finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Estrela da Amadora have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

7 Edition

The Estrela da Amadora Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad14 Sep 2026

6 saves: Renan Ribeiro was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match12 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Estrela da Amadora's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Estrela da Amadora has to find a result from somewhere.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Joan Jordán pops up at the right end — 7.68

7.68, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Estrela da Amadora

Rafa Soares 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.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Abraham Marcus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at Estrela da Amadora training over how hard people work

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

Match12 Sep 2026

Estrela da Amadora come up short against Famalicao

Famalicao left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Léo Linck

“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 dugout14 Sep 2026

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 1‑2 Carlos Barbosa left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief