The Universidad de Chile Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Agustín Arce is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Universidad de Chile is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market10 Aug 2026
Universidad de Chile may not be able to give Gabriel Castellón what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Gabriel Castellón wants continental football; whether Universidad de Chile can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Agustín Arce has agreed to leave Universidad de Chile for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Javier Altamirano stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Javier Altamirano and Universidad de Chile agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Israel Poblete 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 Universidad de Chile this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Universidad de Chile promote Gonzalo Diaz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gonzalo Diaz has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Benjamin Sanchez joins the Universidad de Chile first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Sanchez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Universidad de Chile rescue it on 87 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 87. Everton de Viña del Mar had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Universidad de Chile are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Juan Martín Lucero
- The dugout Universidad de Chile pick somebody else ahead of Gabriel Castellón
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Lucas Romero