Darwin Rincon

Right Midfielder - Atletico Venezuela
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Darwin Rincon

23 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Atletico Venezuela say no — this time

The offer from Llaneros for Gabriel Rosales was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Darwin Rincon 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 Atletico Venezuela can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Jose Soteldo’s move to Deportivo La Guaira falls through

The deal that would have taken Jose Soteldo to Deportivo La Guaira has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Atletico Venezuela with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad

Brian Machuca 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 Atletico Venezuela this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Aragua watching Andres Murillo

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Atletico Venezuela have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

No hiding place for Yeferson Arango

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yeferson Arango, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
20 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Gabriel Rosales 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 Atletico Venezuela can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Aragua come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Atletico Venezuela did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela

Brian Machuca 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

Jhonny González 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.

Market

Darwin Rincon is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Atletico Venezuela has been clear about where Darwin Rincon stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

No hiding place for Darwin Moreno

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Darwin Moreno, and the manager let it.

In brief

2 Edition

The Atletico Venezuela Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Gabriel Rosales 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 Atletico Venezuela can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Yeferson Rondon keeps Atletico Venezuela in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Yeferson Rondon stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Yeferson Rondon and Atletico Venezuela agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Atletico Venezuela

Yeferson Rondon 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.

Player ratings

Victor Ramirez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

The manager makes an example of José Navarro

“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.

Match

Atletico Venezuela come up short against Portuguesa

Portuguesa left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Darwin Rincon never got going

5.58 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief