The Coritiba Gazette
Squad16 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Coritiba
Marquinhos 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Graduation day at Coritiba
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
Nonato 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
Coritiba agree a free transfer for Guilherme Mariano
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market16 Apr 2029
Igor Nogueira steps up from the Coritiba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Igor Nogueira 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
One of our own: Victor Cunha joins the Coritiba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Cunha 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
Arthur Lopes steps up from the Coritiba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arthur Lopes 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.
Market16 Apr 2029
Coritiba promote Éder Cunha from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Éder Cunha 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.
Boardroom16 Apr 2029
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 27874. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
In brief
- The dugout Douglas Cunha gets it from the manager
- The dugout Talisson Almeida asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead A reunion for Talisson Almeida