Ryan Granja

Defensive Midfielder - Sousa
4 Aug 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Ryan Granja

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The Sousa Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Both of them Davi Santos's — 8.85

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.85, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad

Tempers go at Sousa

Éverton Alemão 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.

Match

Nobody wins at Sousa

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

Squad

A row about effort at Sousa

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

Transfer targets

Door shut on Rodrigo

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

Match

Sousa see off Santa Cruz de Natal

Three points for Sousa, 2‑1 the final word against Santa Cruz de Natal in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

Sousa supporters have found a favourite in Gabriel Amaral

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Gabriel Amaral 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

Ryan Granja stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Ryan Granja and Sousa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Antônio Braga has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Antônio Braga on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

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The Sousa Post

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Diego Viana out for 46 days

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

Squad

A muscle injury and 15 days out for Bruno Centeno

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Sousa will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad

Words exchanged at Sousa

Éverton Alemão 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.

Squad

A move Lucas Rius would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Lucas Rius is living that version at Sousa, and it tends to show in the first month.

Market

A long bet from Sousa on Ryan Granja

He is 19, and nobody at Sousa signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Davi Santos linked with a move away

The name of Davi Santos keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sousa say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief