The Deportes La Serena Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Diego Rubio — 7.92
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.92, and nobody on the pitch better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Deportes La Serena
Ángelo Henríquez 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Deportes La Serena training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolás Stefanelli 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deportes La Serena agree a free transfer for Marcos Camarda
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Match8 Aug 2026
Deportes La Serena get the job done against Deportes Limache
A 2‑0 win over Deportes Limache, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Gary Aravena joins the Deportes La Serena first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gary Aravena 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
Jose Nunez steps up from the Deportes La Serena academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jose Nunez 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
Daniel Suazo steps up from the Deportes La Serena academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Suazo 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
Deportes La Serena promote Arturo Isla from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arturo Isla 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
- The dugout Marcelo Aranguiz: “That is the standard”
- Squad Diego Rubio finally opens his account
- Squad The first one for Matías Marín