Jefferson Hurtado

Central Defender - Universitario Popayan
7 Aug 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Jefferson Hurtado

50 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Éder Munive out for 99 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Universitario Popayan will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Nicolas Muriel 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 The request is on a desk at Universitario Popayan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Éder Munive 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.

Squad

Oscar Vargas signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oscar Vargas and Universitario Popayan agree another 4 years.

Squad

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Santiago Martín Pereyra 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.

Loan watch

Camilo Herrera counts the days

“I watch every Universitario Popayan game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Deportes Quindio runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

Back issues
49 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Éder Munive out for 106 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Universitario Popayan will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Boardroom

The interim tag comes off Fabian Giraldo

Universitario Popayan interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Fabian Giraldo keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.

Market

Jose Medina 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.

Squad

Jefferson Hurtado says Universitario Popayan went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Éder Munive 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.

Market

Business is business: Oscar Lopez goes

Cortulua paid $4.0K and Universitario Popayan took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

Freddy Cardona 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.

Loan watch

Daniel Vargas counts the days

“I watch every Universitario Popayan game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Alianza Petrolera runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Market

Universitario Popayan buy the years ahead of Luis Millán

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief

25 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Matías Vanegas 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.

Squad

James Montero 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.

Squad

Jose Medina 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.

In brief

22 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Éder Munive damages knee ligaments — 19 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Jefferson Hurtado 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Éder Munive 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.

Squad

When it matters, David Sinisterra plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

Duvan Murillo told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Duvan Murillo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Universitario Popayan.

Squad

This league is too small for Carlos Cantillo

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. Universitario Popayan will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

In brief

19 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Éder Munive damages knee ligaments — 40 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 40 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Boardroom

Javier Palacios has agreed to leave Universitario Popayan for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Bruno Vega signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bruno Vega and Universitario Popayan agree another 2 years.

In brief