The Sanjoanense Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Bruno Marques would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Bruno Marques is living that version at Sanjoanense, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sanjoanense make their move for Khaly
$2.1M on the table at Casa Pia. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Famana Quizera is a medical away from Sanjoanense
The deal with Leiria is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramon 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 Sanjoanense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sanjoanense promote Andre Machado from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andre Machado 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
One of our own: Miguel Neves joins the Sanjoanense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miguel Neves 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
Alexandre Ribeiro steps up from the Sanjoanense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexandre Ribeiro 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
One of our own: Ruben Almeida joins the Sanjoanense first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruben Almeida is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Ramon in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Sanjoanense are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Squad 12 new faces, and Sanjoanense are still learning each other
- Looking ahead Álvaro Milhazes goes back to face Fafe
- Looking ahead Sanjoanense travel to Fafe