David Monteiro

Left Forward - Felgueiras
31 Dec 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for David Monteiro

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The Felgueiras Gazette

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Wanya Marçal has said yes to Estrela da Amadora

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Felgueiras have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Mauro Couto

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

Squad

Miguel Campos out for 19 days

The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Miguel Campos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Felgueiras

Léo Teixeira 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.

Transfer targets

No deal for Walterson at that price

Felgueiras offered $52.0K; Gil Vicente said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

Words at Felgueiras training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michel Costa 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.

Squad

David Monteiro signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Monteiro commits to Felgueiras for another 3 years.

The dugout

Filipe Cruz has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Felgueiras will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Madi Queta gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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The Felgueiras Gazette

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Tiago Leite

17 goals and a season average of 7.41 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market

Aaron Icaza hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Felgueiras can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tidjany Touré

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A falling-out at Felgueiras

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

Squad

A row about effort at Felgueiras

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

Player ratings

Léo Teixeira in the eights

A performance of 8.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

No hiding place for Lucas Duarte

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Duarte, and the manager let it.

Match

Felgueiras caught on 94 minutes

The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Lusitânia Lourosa scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.

Squad

Felgueiras lose David Monteiro

25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief