The Valledupar Post
Squad25 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Sergio Valencia
24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Valledupar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match23 Jan 2027
A hiding for Valledupar
Beaten 0‑3 by Bogota, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Valledupar
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market25 Jan 2027
Hugo Garcia steps up from the Valledupar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hugo Garcia 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Francisco Ramirez joins the Valledupar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francisco Ramirez is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
One of our own: Camilo Giraldo joins the Valledupar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Camilo Giraldo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Jan 2027
Valledupar promote Fabian Valencia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fabian Valencia 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.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Inquest at Valledupar
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Valledupar
Sergio Valencia 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
- Squad Valledupar are still strangers to each other
- Squad Carlos Ramirez gifts one
- The dugout The manager’s verdict