Kevin Giraldo

Right Wingback - Universitario Popayan
25 Dec 2026
Friday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 3 Transfers Relations Events 13 Awards Matches History

Marked for Kevin Giraldo

4 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Victor Martinez 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Kevin Giraldo

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

Squad24 Aug 2026

Andres Romero stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Andres Romero and Universitario Popayan agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Victor Martinez signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Martinez commits to Universitario Popayan for another 1 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Victor Martinez 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 Universitario Popayan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Giraldo 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Rafael Rangel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Rafael Rangel and Universitario Popayan agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Victor Martinez 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Kevin Giraldo 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.

In brief