The Barcelona de Ilhéus Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A debut Roberto Queiroz will not forget — 8.51
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 2 on the scoresheet, 8.51 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Match8 Aug 2026
Barcelona de Ilhéus tear Lagarto apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 5‑0 against Lagarto, and it could have been more.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Paulinho's — 8.27
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.27, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Dija Baiano yet — 8.45
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.45 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Caio Rangel
At 14 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daniel Fonseca steps up from the Barcelona de Ilhéus academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Fonseca 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
Cristiano Teixeira steps up from the Barcelona de Ilhéus academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristiano Teixeira 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
Barcelona de Ilhéus promote Éder Lopes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Éder Lopes 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: Daniel Rocha joins the Barcelona de Ilhéus first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Rocha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Barcelona de Ilhéus are still strangers to each other
- Squad Guilherme Santos signs on for more
- The dugout Paulo Guimarães: “That is the standard”