André Soares

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Humaitá U18
3 May 2029
Thursday
Process

Marked for André Soares

87 Edition

The Humaitá Courier

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Words exchanged at Humaitá

Genílson 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.

The dugout

Rodrigo Carvalho frozen out at Humaitá

This is not rotation. Rodrigo Carvalho has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Humaitá is pretending otherwise.

The dugout

Genílson knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Humaitá, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Esteban Paredes linked with a move away

The name of Esteban Paredes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Humaitá say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Humaitá put Guilha up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Guilha may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad

The training reports on André Soares are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief

Back issues
76 Edition

The Humaitá Courier

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

Eduardo Salva says Humaitá went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Gabriel Justino

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Humaitá have done the hard part with Botafogo, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

A falling-out at Humaitá

Genílson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Humaitá rebuffed over Caíque Takada

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sport Recife have kept their man, and Humaitá go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

Henrique Rodrigues frozen out at Humaitá

This is not rotation. Henrique Rodrigues has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Humaitá is pretending otherwise.

The dugout

Felipe Silva gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

54 Edition

The Humaitá Courier

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Humaitá's wait for a win

16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Humaitá has to find a result from somewhere.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Humaitá

Position 15 and 7 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Player ratings

Samuel Farias runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 161% of the Humaitá income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad

Tempers go at Humaitá

Eduardo Salva 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.

Squad

No place for Li Xiaopeng in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Humaitá are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Marcos Rodrigues on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout

Rhuan Allan asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Match

No goals between Humaitá and Manauara

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Manauara will be the happier side with the point.

In brief