Brian Ramirez

Striker - Universitario Popayan
18 Jan 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Brian Ramirez

20 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Franklin Mosquera is a medical away from Universitario Popayan

The deal with Jaguares is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Hurtado 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Déiber Caicedo

Universitario Popayan asked and Junior said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A falling-out at Universitario Popayan

Johan Uribe and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

The shop window has Edwin Garcia in it

Universitario Popayan have let the market know Edwin Garcia can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Market

Yerry Giraldo is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Universitario Popayan has been clear about where Yerry Giraldo stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

Back issues
19 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Hugo Lopez breaks a bone — 18 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Rafael Zapata asks to leave Universitario Popayan

“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 Universitario Popayan

James 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.

Squad

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Juan Hurtado 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Juan Sebastián Serrano

Universitario Popayan asked and Santa Fe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Brian Ramirez stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brian Ramirez and Universitario Popayan agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Johan Uribe told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Johan Uribe has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Universitario Popayan.

Transfer targets

Universitario Popayan ask about Déiber Caicedo

A loan enquiry to Junior: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

Universitario Popayan try to borrow Jannenson Sarmiento

Junior have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

10 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Hugo Lopez breaks a bone — 87 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 87 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words exchanged at Universitario Popayan

James Martinez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Juan Hurtado 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 dugout

Camilo Moreno 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

Universitario Popayan and Jose Torres are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

The shop window has Rafael Zapata in it

Universitario Popayan have let the market know Rafael Zapata can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief