Daniel Vargas

Right Midfielder - Free Agent
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Marked for Daniel Vargas

60 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces20 Sep 2027

Supporters organise against the Universitario Popayan board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Boardroom20 Sep 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Universitario Popayan

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Universitario Popayan is running low.

Squad20 Sep 2027

The knee: Daniel Vargas out for 18 days

18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Universitario Popayan lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad20 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Gabriel Sanchez 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.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Duvan Sanchez frozen out at Universitario Popayan

This is not rotation. Duvan Sanchez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Universitario Popayan is pretending otherwise.

The dugout20 Sep 2027

Francisco Lopez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Universitario Popayan, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
59 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad13 Sep 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Daniel Vargas

25 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.

Market13 Sep 2027

Rafael Torres 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Oscar Montero 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Universitario Popayan are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Francisco 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.

Market13 Sep 2027

Talks stall between Universitario Popayan and Isaac Venecia

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

58 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad6 Sep 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Daniel Vargas

32 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.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

Santiago Murillo has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Universitario Popayan can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Match6 Sep 2027

Every point is an argument now for Universitario Popayan

Position 10 and 20 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Universitario Popayan

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

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Miguel Rangel without the man who signed him

Every squad is half players the manager chose and half players he inherited. Miguel Rangel was chosen, the man who chose him has gone, and he starts again from nothing under the next one.

Market6 Sep 2027

Talks stall between Universitario Popayan and Víctor Cabrera

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Leonardo Sinisterra 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 Leonardo Sinisterra trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market6 Sep 2027

Universitario Popayan put David Montoya up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. David Montoya may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Boardroom6 Sep 2027

The Universitario Popayan dressing room answers

Whatever was said behind that door, it worked: the pressing is back, the arguing has stopped, and the manager’s job is being defended in the only language that counts.

In brief