Ivan Sinisterra

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Valledupar
27 Jun 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Ivan Sinisterra

39 Edition

The Valledupar Post

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Duvan Falcao damages knee ligaments — 51 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 51 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.

Player ratings

Gustavo Mejia runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Arthur Amaral asks to leave Valledupar

“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 Valledupar

Miguel Castillo 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

Ivan Sinisterra pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad

Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jose Cardona 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

Back issues
34 Edition

The Valledupar Post

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Gustavo Mejia

Successful dribbles: 48. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Jesus Cordoba damages knee ligaments — 32 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 32 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

Arthur Amaral asks to leave Valledupar

“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 Valledupar

Miguel Castillo 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.

Match

Whatever happens, Valledupar do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Words at Valledupar training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jose Cardona 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.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Ivan Sinisterra at his very best

Marked 8.06. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Valledupar.

Loan watch

Manuel Vargas has seen enough of Deportes Quindio

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Valledupar, and 0 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Miguel Castillo is still paying for one afternoon at Valledupar

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief