The Juventud Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Facundo Pérez has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Juventud they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Facundo Pérez signs for Montevideo City Torque while still at Juventud
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Facundo Pérez has agreed terms with Montevideo City Torque for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Chagas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rodrigo Chagas commits to Juventud for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Juventud
Sebastián Sosa 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Juventud promote Carlos Acosta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Acosta 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
Franco Araujo steps up from the Juventud academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Araujo 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: Kevin Garcia joins the Juventud first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Garcia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ramiro Peralta beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matías Zunino is a square peg at Juventud
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad Words at Juventud training over how hard people work
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Matías Zunino
- The dugout No hiding place for Geiner Martínez