Caio Lopes

Central Midfielder - Petrolul
7 Sep 2026
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Marked for Caio Lopes

5 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market31 Aug 2026

Astra come back empty-handed

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

Market31 Aug 2026

Caio Lopes 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 The request is on a desk at Petrolul, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Sergiu Hagi 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 Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Aug 2026

CFR Cluj take the points off Petrolul

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words at Petrolul training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Orlando Osorio 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

The manager makes an example of Orlando Osorio

“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.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Daniel Mitrita runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market10 Aug 2026

Petrolul turn down Botosani for Dorin Nita

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Daniel Mitrita stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Mitrita and Petrolul agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Petrolul

Cosmin Keseru 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 terraces10 Aug 2026

Petrolul spend $520.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $520.0K for Cristian Licsandru, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Daniel Mitrita 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 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Cosmin Keseru

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

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

The afternoon belonged to Alexandru Mitrita

A mark of 7.99, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Match8 Aug 2026

Petrolul share the spoils with FCSB

A 1‑1 draw with FCSB leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief