The Estudiantes de Caracas Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Estudiantes de Caracas
Jhonarby Salazar 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Estudiantes de Caracas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Néstor Cova 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alejandro Ramirez steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alejandro Ramirez 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
Andres Rosales steps up from the Estudiantes de Caracas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andres Rosales 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
Estudiantes de Caracas promote Alejandro Herrera from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alejandro Herrera 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
Estudiantes de Caracas promote Miguel Rincon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Miguel Rincon 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Fabián Castillo behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Estudiantes de Caracas will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rolf Feltscher needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Estudiantes de Caracas know which stage they are at.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Brando Castillo dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
In brief
- Match Honours even between Estudiantes de Caracas and Portuguesa
- Player ratings Edgar Silva beats them one at a time
- The dugout Oscar Ramirez: “We have to be better”