Frank Mena

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Cesar Vallejo
22 Feb 2028
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Marked for Frank Mena

79 Edition

The Cesar Vallejo Sentinel

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout31 Jan 2028

The manager makes an example of Juan Miguel

“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.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Words exchanged at Cesar Vallejo

Sandier Alguedas 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.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

Angelo Rovegno is still paying for one afternoon at Cesar Vallejo

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

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78 Edition

The Cesar Vallejo Sentinel

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom24 Jan 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Cesar Vallejo

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Cesar Vallejo is running low.

Squad24 Jan 2028

A row about effort at Cesar Vallejo

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

Squad24 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Cesar Vallejo

Sandier Alguedas 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.

In brief

71 Edition

The Cesar Vallejo Sentinel

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market6 Dec 2027

Fernando Da Rosa asks to leave Cesar Vallejo

“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.

Market6 Dec 2027

Jeferson Nolasco agrees terms with UTC

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Cesar Vallejo people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Transfer targets6 Dec 2027

The paperwork begins on Adriano Neciosup

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Cesar Vallejo have done the hard part with Alianza Lima, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Tempers go at Cesar Vallejo

Ángel Martínez 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.

Market6 Dec 2027

Ayacucho join the queue for Giacomo Gambetta

Add another name to the list: Ayacucho have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Giacomo Gambetta. The answer from Cesar Vallejo has not changed — yet.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Mario Virtuoso 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.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Tomás Silva is a square peg at Cesar Vallejo

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.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

Angelo Rovegno is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Cesar Vallejo have started building around Diether Vásquez

He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.

In brief

42 Edition

The Cesar Vallejo Sentinel

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 May 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Angel Romero

43 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Cesar Vallejo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market17 May 2027

Angel De La Cruz asks to leave Cesar Vallejo

“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.

Match15 May 2027

The wait goes on for Cesar Vallejo

6 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.

Squad17 May 2027

A one-man rearguard from Ángel Martínez

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad17 May 2027

Tempers go at Cesar Vallejo

Giacomo Gambetta 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.

Squad17 May 2027

Frank Mena gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Frank Mena has just signed for Cesar Vallejo, and for once the answer mattered.

Player ratings17 May 2027

Gastón Bogado beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout17 May 2027

No hiding place for Fernando Da Rosa

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

Market17 May 2027

Cesar Vallejo sign Frank Mena, one for the future

Frank Mena is 20, and Cesar Vallejo have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

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