Igor Ribeiro

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2 Jan 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Igor Ribeiro

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The ASA Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Léo keeps ASA in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

A falling-out at ASA

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

Squad

5 new faces, and ASA are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Keliton has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at ASA 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 dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Carlos Pereira was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the ASA dressing room was either.

Match

Point won or two lost for ASA?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Central? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Market

Sammuel linked with a move away

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

Player ratings

Sammuel leaves them behind him

Shots: 4. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

The dugout

No hiding place for Igor Ribeiro

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Ribeiro, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
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The ASA Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Nowhere to hide for ASA

1‑6 against Horizonte, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad

9 saves: Léo was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Market

Roberto Figueiredo 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 ASA, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Sammuel stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sammuel and ASA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words exchanged at ASA

Keliton 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.

Match

7 goals as ASA and Horizonte go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between ASA and Horizonte, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Market

Douglas Peixoto steps up from the ASA academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Douglas Peixoto 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.

Market

ASA promote Igor Ribeiro from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Igor Ribeiro 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.

Market

ASA promote Antônio Assis from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antônio Assis 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

  • Player ratings A masterclass from Erick Varão
  • Squad Léo has outgrown this division
  • Boardroom Nobody left the ASA dressing room in a hurry