Ivan Lopez

Defensive Midfielder - Universitario Popayan
18 Jan 2027
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Marked for Ivan Lopez

18 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Nov 2026

25 days out for Hugo Lopez after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Universitario Popayan will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market30 Nov 2026

Brian Rios wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad30 Nov 2026

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.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad9 Nov 2026

48 days out for Hugo Lopez after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Universitario Popayan will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market9 Nov 2026

Ivan Lopez 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.

Squad9 Nov 2026

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.

In brief

11 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Oct 2026

Hugo Lopez breaks a bone — 78 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 78 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad12 Oct 2026

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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

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.

In brief

4 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market24 Aug 2026

Johan Uribe 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 Universitario Popayan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad24 Aug 2026

James 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

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 dugout24 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Yerry Giraldo

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

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Ivan Lopez asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager plants his flag on Brian Rios

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Brian Rios’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

In brief