The Fortaleza Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
40 days out for Vinícius Silvestre after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Fortaleza will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Fortaleza training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dória 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Fortaleza
Leonardo Ribeiro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market8 Feb 2027
Betinho steps up from the Fortaleza academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Betinho 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Carlos Lima joins the Fortaleza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Carlos Lima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Henrique Lopes joins the Fortaleza first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henrique Lopes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Fortaleza promote Daniel Assis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Assis 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Nathan Fogaça
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nathan Fogaça, and the manager let it.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Caio Jerônimo counts the days
“I watch every Fortaleza game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at São José runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Iarley Barros’s exile
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Calebe’s exile
- The dugout When it matters, Lucas Crispim plays