The Criciuma Gazette
Squad16 Apr 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Fellipe Mateus
30 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Criciuma lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Jean Drosny breaks a bone — 16 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market16 Apr 2029
Steven Nufour hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Criciuma can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Criciuma
Cristian Zabala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Criciuma
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market16 Apr 2029
Criciuma promote Arthur Souza from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arthur Souza 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
- Market Criciuma promote Matheus Lima from within
- Market Criciuma promote Danilo Correia from within
- Squad Marcelo Hermes falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Criciuma spend where nobody can see it