Camilo Cordoba

Striker - Universitario Popayan
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Camilo Cordoba

24 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Edwin Martinez is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Universitario Popayan is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

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.

Squad

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hector Giraldo 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
23 Edition

The Universitario Popayan Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Universitario Popayan say no — this time

The offer from Jaguares for Camilo Cordoba was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Nicolás Pisciotti signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nicolás Pisciotti commits to Universitario Popayan for another 4 years.

Squad

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.

Squad

Leonardo Montero gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Words at Universitario Popayan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Wilmar Santos 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.

Market

The clock runs on Nicolás Pisciotti's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief