Dudu

Striker - São Luiz U18
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Monday
Process

Marked for Dudu

42 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dudu asks to leave São Luiz

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at São Luiz

Camilo Saíz 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

Felipe Dias falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Juan Torres

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Jhonatan Lima stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.55 on the card, and the São Luiz support went home talking about one name.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Matheus Fonseca chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

The dugout

Wendel does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

Match

Point won or two lost for São Luiz?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Itabirito? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

The dugout

Elly Carlos 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.

In brief

Back issues
38 Edition

The São Luiz Sentinel

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Sérgio Nardo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” São Luiz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Dudu hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what São Luiz can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Words exchanged at São Luiz

Camilo Saíz 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.

Boardroom

2 academy players handed senior numbers at São Luiz

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.

Squad

A row about effort at São Luiz

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

Market

Igor Moura steps up from the São Luiz academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Moura 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.

Market

Dudu steps up from the São Luiz academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dudu 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.

Match

São Luiz come up short against Joinville

Joinville left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kauã Jonathan

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Boardroom São Luiz say no to the training-ground money
  • The dugout Edílson knocks on the manager's door