Juninho

Attacking Midfielder (L) - São Luiz U18
17 Jan 2028
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Marked for Juninho

11 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Pajé arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Pajé has, at São Luiz, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Market12 Oct 2026

Aranha asks to leave São Luiz

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at São Luiz

Matheus Lagoa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Claudivan 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.

Market12 Oct 2026

Danilo Soares steps up from the São Luiz academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Danilo Soares 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.

Market12 Oct 2026

Vitor Santos steps up from the São Luiz academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vitor Santos 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

The formation has left Pajé behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. São Luiz will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market12 Oct 2026

Still no ink between São Luiz and Pajé

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at São Luiz, another week without a signature from Pajé.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

São Luiz take on the side everybody is chasing

Brasil de Pelotas arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

In brief

  • The dugout Caio Oliveira gets it from the manager
  • The dugout Juninho asks for a word with the manager
Back issues
10 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market5 Oct 2026

Igor Costa puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at São Luiz, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Matheus Lagoa 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 São Luiz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match3 Oct 2026

Danilo Saavedra’s goal not enough for São Luiz

Danilo Saavedra scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Inter de Limeira, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Nicolás Muñoz

“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 dugout5 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Matheus Fonseca to a room that had heard them before.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Danilo Saavedra named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Danilo Saavedra is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

Carlos Nogueira is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Erik Bessa was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 10. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Edílson has taken the shirt

At 23 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at São Luiz are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief

2 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Caio Oliveira keeps São Luiz in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 34 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match8 Aug 2026

Chastening afternoon for São Luiz

A 1‑8 beating by São José was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

What a way to start for Carlos Nogueira — 7.07

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.07 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 4 of the 12 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

A debut to forget for Daniel Borges — 5.78

Every first appearance is one of two stories, and this was the harder one: 5.78, and a long walk to the tunnel. The second appearance is the one that decides what the first one meant.

Match8 Aug 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

9 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about São Luiz and São José in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Caio Oliveira

At 16 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Sérgio Nardo joins the São Luiz first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sérgio Nardo 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

Guilherme Braga steps up from the São Luiz academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Guilherme Braga 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