Nestor Yevcin

Central Midfielder - Universitario Popayan
3 May 2029
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116 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match16 Oct 2028

Universitario Popayan are in real trouble now

Position 12, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad16 Oct 2028

A fracture rules Jefferson Bacca out for 88 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Universitario Popayan will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad16 Oct 2028

A falling-out at Universitario Popayan

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

Squad16 Oct 2028

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hector Martinez 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.

Squad16 Oct 2028

Nestor Yevcin signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nestor Yevcin commits to Universitario Popayan for another 4 years.

The dugout16 Oct 2028

Elian Londoño knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universitario Popayan, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
111 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad11 Sep 2028

Jefferson Bacca breaks a bone — 123 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 123 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Words exchanged at Universitario Popayan

Hector Martinez 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.

Boardroom11 Sep 2028

Universitario Popayan still without a manager

10 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Victor Valencia 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.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

The manager makes an example of Thiago Barreiro

“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.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Nestor Yevcin wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Universitario Popayan will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief

105 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces31 Jul 2028

The mood at Universitario Popayan has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Market31 Jul 2028

Gonzalo Coronel asks to leave Universitario Popayan

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Hector Martinez 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 Universitario Popayan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Victor Valencia 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.

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

Deadline beats Universitario Popayan to Sergio Pabón

The clock did what Deportes Quindio would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Diego Matamala

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

In brief

82 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

21 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match19 Feb 2028

The wait goes on for Universitario Popayan

12 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.

Market21 Feb 2028

Juan Manuel Correa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Universitario Popayan can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

Hector Martinez goes up and wins it — 7.62

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.62 for the rest of it.

Player ratings21 Feb 2028

A goal and an assist for Jorge Cardona — 7.81

Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.81 beside his name.

Squad21 Feb 2028

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Hector Martinez 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.

Match19 Feb 2028

Hector Martinez among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Hector Martinez on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Universitario Popayan and Valledupar.

Squad21 Feb 2028

Johan Restrepo is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Match19 Feb 2028

Valledupar take the points off Universitario Popayan

Beaten 2‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Boardroom21 Feb 2028

Jaider Pérez will join Universitario Popayan for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Jaider Pérez has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Universitario Popayan have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

In brief

54 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout9 Aug 2027

James Sanchez frozen out at Universitario Popayan

This is not rotation. James Sanchez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Universitario Popayan is pretending otherwise.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Hector Martinez 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 Universitario Popayan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Nestor Yevcin arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Nestor Yevcin has, at Universitario Popayan, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Universitario Popayan

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

The dugout9 Aug 2027

No hiding place for Victor Valencia

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

Boardroom9 Aug 2027

89% of the income goes out in wages at Universitario Popayan

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Thiago Barreiro is a square peg at Universitario Popayan

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market9 Aug 2027

The clock runs on Lautaro Rivero's contract

48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Thiago Barreiro knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universitario Popayan, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief