The Universitario Popayan Gazette
Squad30 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Ivan Duque
18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universitario Popayan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market30 Nov 2026
Universitario Popayan may not be able to give Edwin Vargas what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Edwin Vargas wants continental football; whether Universitario Popayan can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Universitario Popayan
Edwin Vargas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
James Quintero has seen enough of AGMK
“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 Universitario Popayan, and 4 appearances in 16 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Oscar Diaz 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Fabricio Santos 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 Fabricio Santos trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market The Jose Rangel question follows Universitario Popayan around
- Squad Javier Calle finally belongs at Universitario Popayan
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Jorge Rangel