The Bahia Courier
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Everton Ribeiro, 37, rolls back the years — 8.27
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.27 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Saymon has agreed to leave Bahia for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Everaldo sends Bahia past São Paulo
It finished 2‑0, and it was Everaldo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bahia.
Market10 Aug 2026
André Cunha steps up from the Bahia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. André Cunha 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: Mateus Braga joins the Bahia first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mateus Braga 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
Bahia promote Bicho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bicho 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
Vinícius Nardo steps up from the Bahia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vinícius Nardo 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.
In brief
- The dugout Ademir gets it from the manager
- Squad Bahia are still strangers to each other
- Player ratings Gabriel Xavier stands above it all