Alejandro Restrepo

Defensive Midfielder - Universitario Popayan
18 Sep 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Alejandro Restrepo

3 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Rafael Martinez

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Universitario Popayan out of the cup

America de Cali ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Alejandro Restrepo 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 dugout

Alejandro Restrepo 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.

Squad

Sebastian Moreno 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

Richard Bacca faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Richard Bacca after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Richard Hurtado signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Richard Hurtado and Universitario Popayan agree another 3 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Universitario Popayan

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

Squad

Jose Zapata 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

Richard Hurtado 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Alejandro Giraldo

“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

Alejandro Restrepo has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Universitario Popayan that is a harder question to answer.

In brief

1 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at Universitario Popayan

Alejandro Restrepo 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 Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Johan 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

Richard Hurtado 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.

In brief