Ivan Diaz

Left Midfielder - Universitario Popayan U20
7 Mar 2027
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Marked for Ivan Diaz

5 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Aug 2026

Ivan Diaz damages knee ligaments — 14 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 14 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Diego Cardona asks to leave Universitario Popayan

“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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

James Zapata 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.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad24 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ivan Diaz

22 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universitario Popayan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad24 Aug 2026

James Zapata 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kevin Arias 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

3 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad17 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ivan Diaz

29 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universitario Popayan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match12 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Universitario Popayan

2‑4 against America de Cali, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Alfredo Medina scores twice — 8.04

Two goals and a mark of 8.04 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market17 Aug 2026

Universitario Popayan sell Mateo Rios for $3.8M

Mateo Rios has left for Köln in a $3.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Universitario Popayan

James Zapata 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.

Match12 Aug 2026

Alfredo Medina among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Alfredo Medina on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Universitario Popayan and America de Cali.

In brief

2 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ivan Diaz

37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Universitario Popayan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market10 Aug 2026

Mateo Rios attracts admirers

The name of Mateo Rios has come up in conversations Universitario Popayan were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mateo Rios signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mateo Rios and Universitario Popayan agree another 3 years.

In brief