Jacob Gómez

Striker - Santa Fe
20 Aug 2027
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41 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings10 May 2027

Nobody could get near Jairo Ditta

Successful dribbles: 42. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match5 May 2027

The small margins put Santa Fe out

Out, 0‑0 to La Equidad, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market10 May 2027

Emanuel Olivera 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 Santa Fe can pretend not to have heard.

Match8 May 2027

The run at home goes on for Santa Fe

10 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Squad10 May 2027

Words exchanged at Santa Fe

Luis Palacios 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.

Match8 May 2027

Santa Fe cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad10 May 2027

A row about effort at Santa Fe

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

The dugout10 May 2027

Oscar Murillo 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.

Squad10 May 2027

Santiago Tamayo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Santiago Tamayo and Santa Fe agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match24 Feb 2027

Daniel Ayala sends Santa Fe through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Daniel Ayala obliged against Real Santander. 4‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Santa Fe.

Player ratings1 Mar 2027

A brace, and Daniel Ayala takes the afternoon — 8.61

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Daniel Ayala provided it, and the 8.61 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market1 Mar 2027

Oscar Murillo 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 Santa Fe, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings1 Mar 2027

Jacob Gómez, 18, steals the show — 7.70

Marked 7.70 at 18, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Market1 Mar 2027

Diego Rodríguez has one foot out of the door

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

Squad1 Mar 2027

Nahuel Bustos 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.

Squad1 Mar 2027

Iván Scarpeta 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 Santa Fe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces1 Mar 2027

One of their own: Daniel Ayala

He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

The dugout1 Mar 2027

No hiding place for Sebastián Lentinelly

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

In brief

12 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Helibelton Palacios says Santa Fe went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad19 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Diego Rodríguez

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A row about effort at Santa Fe

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

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Santa Fe

Maximiliano Lovera 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.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Nahuel Bustos

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

Market19 Oct 2026

Santa Fe promote Alfredo Sanchez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alfredo Sanchez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market19 Oct 2026

One of our own: Daniel Sinisterra joins the Santa Fe first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Sinisterra is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

When it matters, Juan Sebastián Quintero plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Yílmar Velásquez knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Yílmar Velásquez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief