The Cienciano Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Rotceh Aguilar is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cienciano is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Rotceh Aguilar signs for Sporting Cristal while still at Cienciano
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Rotceh Aguilar has agreed terms with Sporting Cristal for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Cienciano
Carlos Garcés and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christian Lopez joins the Cienciano first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christian Lopez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Carlos Polo steps up from the Cienciano academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Carlos Polo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Cienciano promote Jesus Benavente from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jesus Benavente 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.
In brief
- Squad No place for Ángel Orué in the new shape
- Squad A season on the outside for Marcos Martinich
- Squad Maximiliano Amondarain wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Gonzalo Aguirre asks for a word with the manager