The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Marcelo Jorquera would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Marcelo Jorquera is living that version at Santiago Wanderers, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raúl Olivares 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 Santiago Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Santiago Wanderers beat the market to Alexander Pastene from Union La Calera
Union La Calera will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Alexander Pastene has pre-agreed a move to Santiago Wanderers, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jorge Luna falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Francisco Pulgar joins the Santiago Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Pulgar 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
Santiago Wanderers promote Ivan Valdes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan 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
Ivan Bravo steps up from the Santiago Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Bravo 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: Francisco Maripan joins the Santiago Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Maripan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Santiago Wanderers against Huachipato
0‑1 to Huachipato, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Player ratings Franco Lobos runs at them all day
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Santiago Wanderers
- Player ratings Leandro Navarro spends the afternoon fouling