The Santiago Wanderers Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Zira join the queue for Marcos Camarda
Add another name to the list: Zira have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Marcos Camarda. The answer from Santiago Wanderers has not changed — yet.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Santiago Wanderers to lose Marcos Camarda for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Marcos Camarda 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raúl Olivares in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Santiago Wanderers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
John Valladares was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raimundo Rebolledo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Santiago Wanderers come up short against Huachipato
Huachipato left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Raúl Olivares
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Santiago Wanderers promote Diego Valdes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Diego Valdes 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
Santiago Wanderers promote Francisco Bravo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Francisco Bravo 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
- Market One of our own: Sebastian Valencia joins the Santiago Wanderers first team
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Nicolás Castillo signs on for more