The Náutico Courier
Squad16 Apr 2029
A fracture rules Juan Pablo Zuluaga out for 37 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Náutico will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad16 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Náutico
Vinícius Paiva and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Náutico
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Dodô 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Baixinho joins the Náutico first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Baixinho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Apr 2029
Náutico promote Gênio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gênio 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Náutico promote Arthur Peixoto from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arthur Peixoto 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Cafu steps up from the Náutico academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cafu 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Náutico sign off a bigger ground
A capacity of 14397 on the plans. A decision judged twenty years from now, by people who were not in the room and will have opinions anyway.
In brief
- The dugout Dodô asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Wenderson gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Vitor Lamounier gets it from the manager