The Valledupar Post
Market7 Sep 2026
David Giraldo asks to leave Valledupar
“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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Felipe Garcia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Felipe Garcia, and the manager let it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Márcio Rodrigues 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
This league is too small for Jhon Pérez
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Valledupar will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mateo Valencia is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Mateo Valencia has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Valledupar
Julian Zapata and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Market Valledupar bring in an old head
- Market Valledupar put Jorge Duque up for sale
- The dugout The manager comes out for Gustavo Falcao