The Volta Redonda Post
Squad12 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Volta Redonda
Patrick and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Vissel Kobe tell Volta Redonda: Diego is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market12 Jul 2027
Botafogo-SP join the queue for Avelino
Add another name to the list: Botafogo-SP have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Avelino. The answer from Volta Redonda has not changed — yet.
Market12 Jul 2027
Volta Redonda promote Thiago Ribeiro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thiago Ribeiro 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Daniel Barbosa joins the Volta Redonda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Barbosa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Jul 2027
Wesley Rodrigues steps up from the Volta Redonda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Wesley Rodrigues 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.
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Romarinho did the work nobody counts — 7.12
10 combined actions and 7.12. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Match10 Jul 2027
Volta Redonda refuse to lose to Sampaio Corrêa
A point taken on 92 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Wallace
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Wallace, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Volta Redonda
- Player ratings André Silva takes the honours
- Transfer targets A loan move for Fernando Álvarez is in the works