Arthur Rocha

Striker - Athletico Paranaense U20
7 Jul 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Arthur Rocha

133 Edition

The Athletico Paranaense Chronicle

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Arthur Rocha damages knee ligaments — 15 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Romeo Benítez turns Ferroviário down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Jean for 16 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Athletico Paranaense will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Transfer targets

Evertton Araújo turns down Athletico Paranaense

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Flamengo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets

Novorizontino tell Athletico Paranaense: Marcelo Carvalho is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Words exchanged at Athletico Paranaense

Jean 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

Vasco da Gama expected to open talks for Mateus Guimarães

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Athletico Paranaense will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

A row about effort at Athletico Paranaense

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market

Dinamo Tbilisi watching Kauan

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Athletico Paranaense have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

Back issues
132 Edition

The Athletico Paranaense Chronicle

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Arthur Rocha

23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Athletico Paranaense lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Not going: Habraão stays at Athletico Paranaense

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Boavista had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Luís Henrique

Athletico Paranaense asked and Palmeiras said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Boardroom

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Athletico Paranaense

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market

Athletico Paranaense say no — this time

The offer from Itabirito for Wendell was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Leandro Vilela asks to leave Athletico Paranaense

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

So close: Maceió’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Ituano moved on, Maceió reports back to Athletico Paranaense, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad

A falling-out at Athletico Paranaense

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

Squad

Alejandro García 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.

In brief

100 Edition

The Athletico Paranaense Chronicle

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Gastón Benavídez

24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Athletico Paranaense lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Raul turns Volta Redonda down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Corinthians come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Athletico Paranaense did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets

Cruzeiro tell Athletico Paranaense: Kaiki is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Wendell 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 Athletico Paranaense, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Athletico Paranaense spend $1.5M to raise the standard

This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $1.5M has been paid because Kevin Serna is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.

Squad

Words exchanged at Athletico Paranaense

Jean 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Kevin Viveros

“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.

Match

Athletico Paranaense come up short against Vitória

Vitória left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief