Ivan Mena

Defensive Midfielder - Universidad Catolica U18
2 Dec 2029
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Marked for Ivan Mena

88 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Apr 2028

Daniel González 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 The request is on a desk at Universidad Catolica, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match1 Apr 2028

13 unbeaten for Universidad Catolica

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Universidad Catolica did not have in the autumn.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Justo Giani 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 Universidad Catolica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Words at Universidad Catolica training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. André Ramalho 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.

Match1 Apr 2028

Universidad Catolica get the job done against Union La Calera

A 2‑1 win over Union La Calera, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces3 Apr 2028

Universidad Catolica supporters have found a favourite in Yoshan Valois

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Yoshan Valois has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Squad3 Apr 2028

No hiding place for Vicente Bernedo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vicente Bernedo, and the manager let it.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Justo Giani was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.38. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Ivan Mena signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivan Mena and Universidad Catolica agree another 4 years.

In brief

Back issues
81 Edition

The Universidad Catolica Herald

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad14 Feb 2028

A fracture rules Jeffrey Sekgota out for 33 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Universidad Catolica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings14 Feb 2028

Nobody could get near Jefry Zapata

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Boardroom14 Feb 2028

Matias Suazo signs on for the long haul

Universidad Catolica moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Matias Suazo, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Tempers go at Universidad Catolica

Justo Giani 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.

Boardroom14 Feb 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Universidad Catolica

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.

Squad14 Feb 2028

Guillermo Soto falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market14 Feb 2028

Eduardo Jara steps up from the Universidad Catolica academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eduardo Jara 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.

Market14 Feb 2028

Universidad Catolica promote Ivan Mena from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Mena 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 Feb 2028

One of our own: Eduardo Suazo joins the Universidad Catolica first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eduardo Suazo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief