Ivan Diaz

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13 Sep 2026
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Marked for Ivan Diaz

6 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad7 Sep 2026

Ivan Gomez 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Manuel Diaz 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

Ivan Diaz is put on a programme of his own

Individual work, away from the group, aimed at one specific thing the coaches think is holding him back. It rarely makes the news and it is how most improvement actually happens.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Gomez 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Ivan Diaz 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Miguel Sinisterra signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miguel Sinisterra commits to Universitario Popayan for another 3 years.

In brief

2 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Business is business: Javier Murillo goes

Everton paid $11.4M 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Manuel Diaz signs on for more

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Manuel Diaz 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

Ivan Diaz 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 Aug 2026

Manuel Diaz knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Manuel Diaz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market10 Aug 2026

Santiago Vergara joins Universitario Popayan on a free

No fee and no drama: Santiago Vergara has signed at Universitario Popayan, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief