The Bahia Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Everaldo yet — 7.84
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.84 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Xavier goes up and wins it — 7.65
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.65 for the rest of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jean Lucas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jean Lucas and Bahia agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Bahia
Jean Lucas and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match4 Aug 2026
Everaldo sends Bahia past Vitória
It finished 3‑1, and it was Everaldo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bahia.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Erick Pulga
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bahia promote Luiz Bezerra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luiz Bezerra 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: Henrique Martins joins the Bahia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henrique Martins 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
One of our own: Sérgio Lima joins the Bahia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Lima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Carlos Nardo steps up from the Bahia academy
- Player ratings Ademir runs at them all day
- Squad No place for Léo Bonatini in the new shape