Cristiano Santos

Defensive Midfielder - Botafogo-PB
31 Aug 2026
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Marked for Cristiano Santos

4 Edition

The Botafogo-PB Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match22 Aug 2026

Chastening afternoon for Botafogo-PB

A 0‑5 beating by Ponte Preta was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Michael Fracaro

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match18 Aug 2026

CSA punish Botafogo-PB for switching off

2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Igor Maduro will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Botafogo-PB escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A brace, and Igor Maduro takes the afternoon — 8.42

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Igor Maduro provided it, and the 8.42 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Doors closed at Botafogo-PB

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Botafogo-PB

Lawan 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 dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑5 Paulo Moreira left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Marcel Scalese is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Match18 Aug 2026

Igor Maduro rescues a point for Botafogo-PB

It needed Igor Maduro to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against CSA, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Botafogo-PB Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Lawan at 21 — 8.04

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Lawan did not need any: 8.04, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Botafogo-PB — 7.97

1 for Thallyson, marked 7.97, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Botafogo-PB supporters have found a favourite in Lawan

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Lawan has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market10 Aug 2026

Botafogo-PB promote Cristiano Santos from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cristiano Santos 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

One of our own: Pedro Nogueira joins the Botafogo-PB first team

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

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Júnior Bezerra joins the Botafogo-PB first team

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

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Samuel Lopes joins the Botafogo-PB first team

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

Match8 Aug 2026

Botafogo-PB get the job done against Caxias

A 1‑0 win over Caxias, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Botafogo-PB

Lawan 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.

In brief