André Soares

Left Forward - Free Agent
17 Mar 2033
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Marked for André Soares

265 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

25 Aug 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Market25 Aug 2031

Bernardo 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 The request is on a desk at Londrina, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad25 Aug 2031

16 days out for André Soares after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Londrina will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The terraces25 Aug 2031

Supporters turn on the $2.6M sale of João Paulo

He is going to AS Saint-Etienne, the club has $2.6M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market25 Aug 2031

João Paulo moves on

AS Saint-Etienne pay $2.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market25 Aug 2031

Only the photograph left for Thiago Assis

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Thiago Assis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Londrina the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad25 Aug 2031

João Borne 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 Londrina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad25 Aug 2031

A row about effort at Londrina

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bernardo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match23 Aug 2031

Iago Teles sends Londrina past Tombense

It finished 1‑0, and it was Iago Teles’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Londrina.

Player ratings25 Aug 2031

A masterclass from Iago Teles

Marked 8.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

  • Player ratings A masterclass from Bernardo
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Market No place for Caio Bahia in the plan
Back issues
264 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

18 Aug 2031
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Aug 2031

André Soares breaks a bone — 23 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout18 Aug 2031

Caio Bahia says Londrina 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.

Squad18 Aug 2031

Tempers go at Londrina

Bernardo 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.

Market18 Aug 2031

The João Paulo conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: AS Saint-Etienne will make the call about João Paulo this week. Londrina have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad18 Aug 2031

Words at Londrina training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maurício 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.

Match16 Aug 2031

Maringá take the points off Londrina

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market18 Aug 2031

No place for Lautaro Aguilera in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Lautaro Aguilera has his answer from Londrina; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout18 Aug 2031

No hiding place for Waldemir

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

Market18 Aug 2031

Londrina and João Borne are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

263 Edition

The Londrina Chronicle

11 Aug 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Aug 2031

André Soares breaks a bone — 30 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad11 Aug 2031

Jonnathan Lima arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Jonnathan Lima has, at Londrina, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad11 Aug 2031

João Borne is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.22 with 18 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Boardroom11 Aug 2031

Kauã Jonathan has agreed to leave Londrina for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad11 Aug 2031

Words exchanged at Londrina

João Borne 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.

Boardroom11 Aug 2031

Wendel will join Londrina for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Wendel has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Londrina have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Match9 Aug 2031

João Borne the difference as Londrina beat Athletic Club

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: João Borne. 2‑1 against Athletic Club, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces11 Aug 2031

One of their own: João Borne

He is 23 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.

Boardroom11 Aug 2031

134% of the income goes out in wages at Londrina

Every club in football 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 somebody has tried it.

In brief

  • Loan watch Matías Zorzoli’s loan is measured in nothing happening
  • Player ratings Bernardo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
  • Player ratings Ninety minutes of Tiago Fernandes at his very best