The Deportivo Cali Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for José Caldera
53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportivo Cali lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Eduard Bello was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 28. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Keiner Estacio signs for Envigado while still at Deportivo Cali
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Keiner Estacio has agreed terms with Envigado for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gustavo Cuéllar signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gustavo Cuéllar commits to Deportivo Cali for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Deportivo Cali
Emanuel Reynoso 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deportivo Cali agree a free transfer for Jimmy Congo
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: David Valencia joins the Deportivo Cali first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Valencia 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
Alfredo Barrios steps up from the Deportivo Cali academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alfredo Barrios 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlos Gomez steps up from the Deportivo Cali academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Gomez 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.
In brief
- Market Duvan Sinisterra steps up from the Deportivo Cali academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Samuel Montero
- Squad “I want to play”: Samuel Montero speaks