Duvan Rios

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13 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Duvan Rios

2 Edition

The Valledupar Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Duvan Rios signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Duvan Rios and Valledupar agree another 3 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Valledupar

Carlos Ibargüen 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

Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Duvan Rios 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Duvan Rios

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

The formation has left Carlos Ibargüen behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Valledupar will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

Cristian 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 Valledupar, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Valledupar Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Manuel Giraldo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valledupar can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Valledupar may not be able to give Duvan Rios what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Duvan Rios wants continental football; whether Valledupar can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

Carlos Quintero 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 Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Duvan Rios 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

Fabian Zapata signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fabian Zapata commits to Valledupar for another 2 years.

The dugout

Duvan Rios 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 Valledupar, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief