The Athletico Paranaense Chronicle
Market19 Apr 2027
Dudu asks to leave Athletico Paranaense
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match17 Apr 2027
5 matches without a win for Athletico Paranaense
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Athletico Paranaense are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Sabino 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 Athletico Paranaense this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
1 academy players handed senior numbers at Athletico Paranaense
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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Athletico Paranaense come up short against Bragantino
Bragantino left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Rony beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market19 Apr 2027
Luís Xavier steps up from the Athletico Paranaense academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luís Xavier 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Athletico Paranaense
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alejandro García was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad19 Apr 2027
200 appearances for Juan Camilo Portilla
200 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
In brief
- Loan watch Bruninho wants to come home
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Kevin Viveros asks for a word with the manager