The Valledupar Post
Match22 Jan 2028
The wait goes on for Valledupar
13 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Felipe Barrios keeps Valledupar in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Wilmar Mejia breaks a bone — 37 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market24 Jan 2028
Santiago Hernandez 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 The request is on a desk at Valledupar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Leonardo Muriel 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 Valledupar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Graduation day at Valledupar
5 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.
Match22 Jan 2028
Valledupar come up short against Universitario Popayan
Universitario Popayan left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market24 Jan 2028
Fabian Santos steps up from the Valledupar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fabian Santos 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.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Richard Muriel joins the Valledupar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Muriel 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 Valledupar promote Daniel Lemos from within
- Squad Santiago Duque gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Valledupar board go back on their word