The Deportes Quindio Sentinel
Squad24 Jan 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Sergio Pabón
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportes Quindio lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match22 Jan 2028
No end in sight to Deportes Quindio's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Deportes Quindio has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Deportes Quindio
Jonathan Ávila and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
3 academy graduates step up at Deportes Quindio
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad24 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Deportes Quindio
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jhonier Viveros was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match22 Jan 2028
A bad afternoon for Deportes Quindio against Deportes Tolima
0‑2 to Deportes Tolima, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market24 Jan 2028
Jorge Cuadrado steps up from the Deportes Quindio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jorge Cuadrado 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
Deportes Quindio promote James Quintero from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Quintero has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Jan 2028
One of our own: Alejandro Castillo joins the Deportes Quindio first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alejandro Castillo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad 200 appearances for Santiago Roa
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- The dugout The manager’s verdict