David Arango

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8 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for David Arango

5 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Andres Gonzalez for 18 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Estudiantes de Caracas will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Market

Melbourne Victory join the queue for Luis Moreno

Add another name to the list: Melbourne Victory have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Luis Moreno. The answer from Estudiantes de Caracas has not changed — yet.

Squad

Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Arango 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

Back issues
4 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

David Arango pulls a muscle — 16 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad

David Arango 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.

Squad

Luis Moreno 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

3 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Estudiantes de Caracas out

Out, 0‑1 to Zamora, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Oscar Rondon asks to leave Estudiantes de Caracas

“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

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas

David Arango 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.

Player ratings

Fernando Martinez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

Luis Machis stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.98 on the card, and the Estudiantes de Caracas support went home talking about one name.

Squad

Alejandro Moreno signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alejandro Moreno commits to Estudiantes de Caracas for another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

David Arango stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” David Arango and Estudiantes de Caracas agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Arango 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas

Luis Moreno 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.

Squad

Andres Gonzalez 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

Al-Taawoun expected to open talks for Luis Moreno

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

Match

Diego Rosales rescues a point for Estudiantes de Caracas

It needed Diego Rosales to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Carabobo, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

1 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Eyes on Luis Moreno again

The phone has started ringing about Luis Moreno again, and this time the name on the line is Al-Taawoun. Estudiantes de Caracas are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

David Arango 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Estudiantes de Caracas find a way past Portuguesa

Portuguesa made Estudiantes de Caracas work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Fernando Martinez 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.

Squad

Andres Moreno signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andres Moreno commits to Estudiantes de Caracas for another 2 years.

Player ratings

Luis Machis takes the honours

Marked 7.94 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Estudiantes de Caracas had the best player on the pitch.

In brief