Thiago Roldán

Central Midfielder - Defensor Sporting U20
9 Jul 2028
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Marked for Thiago Roldán

66 Edition

The Defensor Sporting Courier

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market1 Nov 2027

Germán Barrios has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Defensor Sporting they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Words exchanged at Defensor Sporting

Nicolás Acevedo 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.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Words at Defensor Sporting training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Axel Frugone 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.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Thiago Roldán out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Thiago Roldán, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Lucas de los Santos gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Lucas Agazzi 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 Lucas Agazzi is on it.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

The manager has not finished forgetting Facundo Peralta's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Gabriel Grando remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Defensor Sporting would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Nicolás Wunsch has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Nicolás Wunsch has written the date down.

In brief

Back issues
48 Edition

The Defensor Sporting Courier

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Jun 2027

Martín Rabuñal puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Defensor Sporting, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match26 Jun 2027

Whatever happens, Defensor Sporting do not lose

9 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Luka Romero turns down Defensor Sporting

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Cruz Azul keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Real improvement from Thiago Roldán at Defensor Sporting

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Thiago Roldán is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Door shut on Oswaldo Virgen

Defensor Sporting asked and Tigres said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match26 Jun 2027

Defensor Sporting see off Wanderers

Three points for Defensor Sporting, 2‑1 the final word against Wanderers in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout28 Jun 2027

No hiding place for Gabriel Grando

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

Market28 Jun 2027

La Luz are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Defensor Sporting will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Match26 Jun 2027

Nobody wins at Defensor Sporting

8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

In brief