The Criciúma Gazette
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Thales at 19 — 7.70
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Thales did not need any: 7.70, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Thiaguinho signs for Goianésia while still at Criciúma
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Thiaguinho has agreed terms with Goianésia for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Romarinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Romarinho and Criciúma agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Criciúma
Yuri Tanque 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Rómulo Otero 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Criciúma get the job done against Amazonas
A 2‑1 win over Amazonas, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Sandry
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Bnei Yehuda watching Kauã
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Criciúma have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market3 Aug 2026
Marcinho has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Criciúma can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.