The Estudiantes de Merida Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Estudiantes de Merida
Cristhián Rivas 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Estudiantes de Merida beat the market to Chris Martínez from Caracas
Caracas will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Chris Martínez has pre-agreed a move to Estudiantes de Merida, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Rafael Castillo joins the Estudiantes de Merida first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rafael Castillo 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
Fernando Cordova steps up from the Estudiantes de Merida academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fernando Cordova 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
One of our own: Miguel Herrera joins the Estudiantes de Merida first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Herrera 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
Estudiantes de Merida promote Carlos Ramirez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Ramirez 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Estudiantes de Merida against Deportivo Tachira
0‑1 to Deportivo Tachira, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Estudiantes de Merida
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edwar Bracho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Cristopher Rodríguez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad This league is too small for Jesús Lugo
- The dugout David Casseres answers for it
- The dugout Estudiantes de Merida pick somebody else ahead of Edwar Bracho