Juan Alvarez

Defensive Midfielder - Cerro Largo U18
16 Aug 2026
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Process

Marked for Juan Alvarez

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The Cerro Largo Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Washington Aguerre keeps Cerro Largo in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

A move Franco Catarozzi would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Franco Catarozzi is living that version at Cerro Largo, and it tends to show in the first month.

Market

Bruno Hernández has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Cerro Largo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom

Cerro Largo to lose Bruno Hernández for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Bruno Hernández has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Tempers go at Cerro Largo

Washington Aguerre 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.

Boardroom

Cerro Largo beat the market to Nicolás dos Santos from River Plate

River Plate will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Nicolás dos Santos has pre-agreed a move to Cerro Largo, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Match

A bad afternoon for Cerro Largo against Boston River

1‑2 to Boston River, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

One of our own: Juan Alvarez joins the Cerro Largo first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Alvarez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Cristian Mendez steps up from the Cerro Largo academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristian Mendez 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