The Portuguesa Gazette
Market14 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for José Calzadilla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. José Calzadilla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Portuguesa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Portuguesa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Johan Moreno was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Portuguesa
Lautaro Lovazzano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market14 Sep 2026
Portuguesa promote Juan Moreno from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Juan Moreno 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Diego Rondon joins the Portuguesa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Diego Rondon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Darwin Moreno stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Darwin Moreno and Portuguesa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Álbaro Polo
“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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Christian Soria has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Christian Soria has written the date down.
Market14 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Portuguesa and José Pérez
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Portuguesa, another week without a signature from José Pérez.
In brief
- Squad Christian Soria has settled at Portuguesa
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Fernando Arango