The Huachipato Chronicle
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Cris Martínez, 33, rolls back the years — 7.99
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Huachipato
Claudio Sepúlveda 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
Huachipato beat the market to Gonzalo Tapia from Palestino
Palestino will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Gonzalo Tapia has pre-agreed a move to Huachipato, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Jara steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Jara 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
Huachipato promote Pablo Valdes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pablo Valdes 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
Erick Sagal steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erick Sagal 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
Rodrigo Osorio steps up from the Huachipato academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodrigo Osorio 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Huachipato get the job done against Santiago Wanderers
A 1‑0 win over Santiago Wanderers, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Huachipato training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nelson Guaiquil 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
- Squad 9 new faces, and Huachipato are still learning each other
- Squad Maximiliano Rodríguez finally opens his account
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Maximiliano Rodríguez