Gary Castillo

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Deportes Copiapó U18
25 May 2029
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89 Edition

The Deportes Copiapó Herald

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad10 Apr 2028

The knee: Nicolás Suárez out for 34 days

34 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Deportes Copiapó lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Gary Castillo breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Franco Astudillo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Deportes Copiapó have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Gastón Pérez frozen out at Deportes Copiapó

This is not rotation. Gastón Pérez has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Deportes Copiapó is pretending otherwise.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Lautaro Palacios 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 Deportes Copiapó this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings10 Apr 2028

Nobody could get near Javier Calderón

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad10 Apr 2028

A row about effort at Deportes Copiapó

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

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Lautaro Napolitano gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom10 Apr 2028

90% of the income goes out in wages at Deportes Copiapó

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

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88 Edition

The Deportes Copiapó Herald

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 Apr 2028

Nicolás Suárez damages knee ligaments — 41 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 41 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad3 Apr 2028

23 days out for Gary Castillo after a fracture

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

Market3 Apr 2028

Sebastián Galani 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 Deportes Copiapó can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

Lautaro Napolitano keeps the receipts

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

Squad3 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Deportes Copiapó

Lautaro Palacios and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Apr 2028

Words at Deportes Copiapó training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcelo Morales 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.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

The manager makes an example of Nicolás Temperini

“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 ratings3 Apr 2028

Javier Calderón was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Lautaro Palacios stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.73 on the card, and the Deportes Copiapó support went home talking about one name.

In brief

87 Edition

The Deportes Copiapó Herald

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad27 Mar 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Nicolás Suárez

49 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Deportes Copiapó lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A fracture rules Gary Castillo out for 30 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Deportes Copiapó will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market27 Mar 2028

Wladimir Cid 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 Deportes Copiapó, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A falling-out at Deportes Copiapó

Victorio Ramis and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Words at Deportes Copiapó training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marcelo Morales 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.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

A promise honoured for Marcelo Morales

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Deportes Copiapó told Marcelo Morales something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Sebastián Galani has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Deportes Copiapó will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Thiago Santi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Looking ahead27 Mar 2028

A reunion for Nicolás Temperini

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against San Marcos de Arica in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief