Alejandro Hurtado

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16 Edition

The Once Caldas Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

86 days out for Michael Barrios after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Once Caldas will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

A row about effort at Once Caldas

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jesús Camargo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jéider Riquett

“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.

The dugout

Luis Sánchez knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Once Caldas, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Jefry Zapata linked with a move away

The name of Jefry Zapata keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Once Caldas say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

A door opens for Jaime Alvarado

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Once Caldas Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

A brace, and Juan Pablo Nieto takes the afternoon — 8.14

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Juan Pablo Nieto provided it, and the 8.14 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings

Jéider Riquett, 36, rolls back the years — 8.05

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.05 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad

Mateo Zuleta stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mateo Zuleta and Once Caldas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Jesús Camargo 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 Once Caldas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Once Caldas and Jaguares in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Match

Once Caldas get the job done against Jaguares

A 4‑2 win over Jaguares, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jesús Camargo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jesús Camargo, and the manager let it.

Market

Camilo Uribe steps up from the Once Caldas academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Camilo Uribe 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.

Market

Once Caldas promote Hector Martinez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hector Martinez 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