Raykkonen

Striker - Internacional
16 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Raykkonen

29 Edition

The Internacional Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A falling-out at Internacional

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Alan Patrick

“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 dugout

Antonio Sanabria 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.

The dugout

Kayky gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Kayky is on it.

Market

The Alexandro Bernabei story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Alexandro Bernabei signs something — a contract at Internacional or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Luiz Gustavo has settled at Internacional

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief

  • Squad The training reports on Raykkonen are not good
  • Squad Word from the training ground: Anthoni
  • The dugout The manager comes out for Matheus Bahia
Back issues
5 Edition

The Internacional Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Gustavo Prado sends Internacional through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Gustavo Prado obliged against Bragantino. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Internacional.

Player ratings

Gustavo Prado scores twice — 8.89

Two goals and a mark of 8.89 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Match

8 unbeaten for Internacional

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Internacional did not have in the autumn.

Boardroom

Kauan has agreed to leave Internacional for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

A falling-out at Internacional

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Niclas Eliasson

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Alan Patrick

“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 terraces

Internacional supporters have found a favourite in Raykkonen

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Raykkonen 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.

Squad

Words at Internacional training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arthur 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.

In brief

3 Edition

The Internacional Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Kayky sends Internacional through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Kayky obliged against Santa Cruz. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Internacional.

Player ratings

A brace, and Kayky takes the afternoon — 8.87

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kayky provided it, and the 8.87 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Braian Aguirre

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Gustavo Prado, 21, steals the show — 7.69

Marked 7.69 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Internacional

Alexandro Bernabei 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.

Squad

Raykkonen signs a new deal

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

Squad

Words at Internacional training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guillermo Maripán 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 terraces

The crowd has taken to Kayky

At 23 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

Paulinho in the eights

A performance of 8.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief