Efrain Arteaga

Central Defender - Veracruz
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Marked for Efrain Arteaga

7 Edition

The Veracruz Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Sep 2026

No end in sight to Veracruz's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Veracruz has to find a result from somewhere.

Market14 Sep 2026

Efrain Arteaga asks to leave Veracruz

“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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Veracruz

Gerardo Ochoa 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.

Match12 Sep 2026

Ivan Alvarez’s goal not enough for Veracruz

Ivan Alvarez scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Tigres, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Efrain Vazquez

“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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at Veracruz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Reyes 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.

Loan watch14 Sep 2026

Erick Edson wants to come home

“I did not go to Livorno to sit and watch. I want to come back to Veracruz and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Squad14 Sep 2026

When it matters, Gerardo Ochoa 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.

Market14 Sep 2026

Uriel Dos Santos linked with a move away

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

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Veracruz Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Gerardo Ochoa

Successful dribbles: 46. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Hirving Gutierrez decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match19 Aug 2026

Veracruz out of the cup

Chiapas ended it 2‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Market24 Aug 2026

Sebastian Vega 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 Veracruz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Veracruz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Gallardo 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Jorge Torres Nilo 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 Veracruz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Jonathan Guardado

“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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

The kick that got away from Santiago Naveda

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

Match22 Aug 2026

Veracruz and Club America take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief