The Botafogo-SP Courier
Squad19 Apr 2027
A fracture rules Hygor out for 21 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Botafogo-SP will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Rafael Gava yet — 8.04
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.04 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Victor Souza in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Botafogo-SP this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Botafogo-SP
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces19 Apr 2027
One of their own: Gustavão
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match17 Apr 2027
Rafael Gava the difference as Botafogo-SP beat ABC
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rafael Gava. 2‑0 against ABC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market19 Apr 2027
Botafogo-SP promote Willian Mendes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Willian Mendes 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Júnior Xavier joins the Botafogo-SP first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Júnior Xavier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Marcelo Rocha joins the Botafogo-SP first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcelo 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
- Market One of our own: Antônio Moura joins the Botafogo-SP first team
- Squad Words at Botafogo-SP training over how hard people work
- Loan watch Pedrinho wants to come home