Alejandro Benítez

Goalkeeper - America de Cali
4 Jun 2029
Monday
Process
127 Edition

The America de Cali Sentinel

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

America de Cali lose Harlen Castillo

85 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Alejandro Benítez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alejandro Benítez and America de Cali agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Santiago Giordana asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Joider Micolta 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.

Market

Experience through the door at America de Cali

Felipe Aguilar arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

Market

Jean linked with a move away

The name of Jean keeps appearing in other people's back pages. America de Cali say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
125 Edition

The America de Cali Sentinel

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Joider Micolta asks to leave America de Cali

“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

America de Cali lose Andrés Mosquera

123 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Tilman Palacios

“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.

Market

Universitario Popayan expected to open talks for Alejandro Benítez

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. America de Cali will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Loan watch

Dominic Hernández has seen enough of Chicago Fire

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at America de Cali, and 12 appearances in 36 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Jan Franc Lucumí knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at America de Cali, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief