David Bacca

Striker - Fortaleza CEIF
7 Jan 2028
Friday
Process

Marked for David Bacca

26 Edition

The Fortaleza CEIF Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Jhon Balanta: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Fortaleza CEIF have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Jhon Solís puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Fortaleza CEIF, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Fortaleza CEIF

4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad

Words at Fortaleza CEIF training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrés Arroyo 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.

Market

Fortaleza CEIF promote Carlos Lopez from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Carlos Lopez 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.

Market

Fortaleza CEIF promote Oscar Borja from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oscar Borja 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.

Market

Fortaleza CEIF promote David Bacca from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Bacca 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Fortaleza CEIF against Alianza Petrolera

0‑1 to Alianza Petrolera, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Julian Lopez faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Julian Lopez after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief