Luis Castillo

Goalkeeper - Estudiantes de Caracas
22 Jan 2029
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127 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market1 Jan 2029

Roberto Otero asks to leave Estudiantes de Caracas

“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.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas

Roberto Herrera 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.

Squad1 Jan 2029

Aytor Herrera 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

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124 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

11 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom11 Dec 2028

Pressure builds in the Estudiantes de Caracas boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market11 Dec 2028

Reniel Mendoza 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 The request is on a desk at Estudiantes de Caracas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Roberto Herrera 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market11 Dec 2028

Llaneros are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Estudiantes de Caracas will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aytor Herrera 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.

Squad11 Dec 2028

Luis Castillo signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luis Castillo commits to Estudiantes de Caracas for another 2 years.

In brief

108 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom21 Aug 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Estudiantes de Caracas

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Estudiantes de Caracas is running low.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas

Andres Rincon 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.

Squad21 Aug 2028

Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberto Herrera 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.

In brief

76 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad10 Jan 2028

Jose Herrera breaks a bone — 61 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad10 Jan 2028

Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas

Roberto Herrera 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.

Squad10 Jan 2028

Miguel Ramirez 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.

Squad10 Jan 2028

Too much change too quickly at Estudiantes de Caracas

5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Market10 Jan 2028

Juan Aguilar arrives on loan

Estudiantes de Caracas have taken Juan Aguilar on loan from Deportivo Tachira — cover where cover was needed.

Market10 Jan 2028

Jose Rincon leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Jose Rincon leaves Estudiantes de Caracas the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

54 Edition

The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match7 Aug 2027

The wait goes on for Estudiantes de Caracas

6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Miguel Ramirez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miguel Ramirez and Estudiantes de Caracas agree another 3 years.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Roberto Herrera 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 Estudiantes de Caracas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings9 Aug 2027

Andres Rincon 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.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miguel Ramirez 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.

Match7 Aug 2027

Carabobo take the points off Estudiantes de Caracas

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief