Sérgio Lima

Left Midfielder - Trem
15 Jan 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Sérgio Lima

32 Edition

The Trem Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at Trem

Pepê 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.

Market

Arthur Rangel steps up from the Trem academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arthur Rangel 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

One of our own: Thiago Monteiro joins the Trem first team

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

The dugout

Douglas Soares frozen out at Trem

This is not rotation. Douglas Soares has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Trem is pretending otherwise.

The dugout

Kennedy Balotelli 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Príncipe

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

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The Trem Chronicle

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

João Vitor hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Trem can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

João Vitor frozen out at Trem

This is not rotation. João Vitor has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Trem is pretending otherwise.

Squad

A falling-out at Trem

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

Squad

Words at Trem training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. João Vitor 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Marcos Daniel

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

Market

Talks stall between Trem and Pepê

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

2 Edition

The Trem Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Douglas Soares could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.93

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.93, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Market

Príncipe 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 Trem, and it is not being withdrawn.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Douglas Soares

At 16 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Douglas Soares sends Trem past Maranhão

It finished 2‑0, and it was Douglas Soares’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Trem.

Market

José Figueiredo steps up from the Trem academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. José Figueiredo 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

Rafael Moura steps up from the Trem academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rafael Moura 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

One of our own: Luiz Pereira joins the Trem first team

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

The terraces

The away end at Maranhão goes home happy

2-0, and a corner of somebody else’s ground that outsang the rest of it. Those coaches leave before dawn and nobody outside them mentions it.

The dugout

Rafael Alves: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.

In brief