Brandon Rocha

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Quilmes U18
6 Jan 2027
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Brandon Rocha

23 Edition

The Quilmes Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Nicolás Colazo out for 102 days

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

Squad

Brandon Rocha damages knee ligaments — 20 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 20 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Thiago Santi 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 The request is on a desk at Quilmes, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

So close: Ulises Vera’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Rosario Central moved on, Ulises Vera reports back to Quilmes, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Quilmes say no — this time

The offer from Defensa y Justicia for Julián Gurzi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Esteban Glellel wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Quilmes know it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Quilmes

Ramiro Luna 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.

Market

Eyes on Gabriel Vázquez again

The phone has started ringing about Gabriel Vázquez again, and this time the name on the line is Maccabi Netanya. Quilmes are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout

No hiding place for Martín Vallejos

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

In brief

Back issues
22 Edition

The Quilmes Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nicolás Colazo breaks a bone — 109 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 109 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Brandon Rocha damages knee ligaments — 27 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 27 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Joaquín Canadell has said yes to Defensores

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Quilmes have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Raúl Lozano 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 Quilmes can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Gabriel Vázquez has one foot out of the door

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

Squad

Tempers go at Quilmes

Ramiro Luna 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.

Squad

Adrián Fernández pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 178% of the Quilmes income

Every club 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 it has been tried.

Market

Ramiro Luna placed on the list

Quilmes have made Ramiro Luna available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

2 Edition

The Quilmes Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Quilmes tear Alvarado apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Alvarado, and it could have been more.

Market

Quilmes say no — this time

The offer from Tulevik for Esteban Glellel was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

3 goals for José Barreto

The match ball belongs to José Barreto, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market

Santiago Adrover asks to leave Quilmes

“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.

Squad

Esteban Glellel 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 Quilmes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Business is business: Aaron Spetale goes

Virtus Entella paid $540.0K and Quilmes took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Market

Quilmes sell Mirko Juárez for $220.0K

Mirko Juárez has left for Asteras in a $220.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Words at Quilmes training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiro Luna 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from José Barreto

Marked 9.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief