Cafu

Defensive Midfielder - Penedense
21 Nov 2027
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Marked for Cafu

44 Edition

The Penedense Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match29 May 2027

No end in sight to Penedense's wait for a win

10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Penedense has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad31 May 2027

Words at Penedense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iranílson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match29 May 2027

Edinho’s goal not enough for Penedense

Edinho scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Horizonte, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Boardroom31 May 2027

Wages swallow 125% of the Penedense income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad31 May 2027

Words exchanged at Penedense

Wanderson Felipe 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.

The dugout31 May 2027

Gabriel Carvalho answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout31 May 2027

Edinho has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Penedense will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout31 May 2027

Marcos Monitou is still paying for one afternoon at Penedense

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout31 May 2027

Cafu gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

Back issues
35 Edition

The Penedense Sentinel

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad29 Mar 2027

Dinda breaks a bone — 51 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 51 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Words at Penedense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Iranílson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Boardroom29 Mar 2027

Embargo at Penedense

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

Tiago Barbosa is still paying for one afternoon at Penedense

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market29 Mar 2027

Wanderson Felipe linked with a move away

The name of Wanderson Felipe keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Penedense say nothing, which says plenty.

Market29 Mar 2027

Penedense put Guilherme Ivo up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Guilherme Ivo may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

21 Edition

The Penedense Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Dec 2026

Real improvement from Emilio Troncoso at Penedense

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Emilio Troncoso is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Transfer targets21 Dec 2026

Door shut on Villian

Penedense asked and Água Santa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market21 Dec 2026

The Guilherme Ivo conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Athletic Club will make the call about Guilherme Ivo this week. Penedense have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Penedense training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Johnson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets21 Dec 2026

Penedense try to borrow Kauê

Corinthians have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Boardroom21 Dec 2026

Penedense have to sell first

The manager has a list and the board has a condition attached to it. That is not a crisis — half of football works this way — but it decides which of the two of them gets his way in August.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Luís Gomes is still paying for one afternoon at Penedense

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market21 Dec 2026

Alexandre linked with a move away

The name of Alexandre keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Penedense say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Marcos Monitou asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager plants his flag on Jadelson Azul
  • Squad Cafu is out on the grass again