Andre Trauco

Left Forward - Alianza Atletico
18 Apr 2036
Friday
Process

Marked for Andre Trauco

502 Edition

The Alianza Atletico Sentinel

10 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

Agustín Martegani breaks a bone — 17 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Cup progress for Alianza Atletico

A 1‑0 win over Cesar Vallejo, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings

What a way to start for Andre Trauco — 7.78

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.78 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

Match

Andre Trauco breaks Cesar Vallejo hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Andre Trauco scored in the 88th minute, Cesar Vallejo had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Alianza Atletico took the lot.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Juan Esteban Gómez

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Alianza Atletico

Valentín Albano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces

One of their own: Andre Trauco

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match

Alianza Atletico find a way past Juan Aurich

Juan Aurich made Alianza Atletico work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

A row about effort at Alianza Atletico

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

In brief

Back issues
491 Edition

The Alianza Atletico Sentinel

24 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Léider Riascos

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

Squad

Tempers go at Alianza Atletico

Valentín Albano 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.

Squad

The decline has begun for Simone Potop

Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 35 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Alianza Atletico is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Ignacio Cardozo is in the works

Alianza Atletico have made the call to Deportivo Municipal. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad

Andre Trauco signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andre Trauco commits to Alianza Atletico for another 4 years.

The dugout

Steven Isuiza is still paying for one afternoon at Alianza Atletico

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

Henry Caparó knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Alianza Atletico, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Talks stall between Alianza Atletico and Rubén Segura

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

Still no signature from Diego Ulloa

1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Alianza Atletico could get for him.

In brief

490 Edition

The Alianza Atletico Sentinel

17 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Léider Riascos

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

Boardroom

The scrutiny sharpens at Alianza Atletico

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Alianza Atletico is running low.

Transfer targets

$36.0K settles it between the clubs for Mariano Barreda

UTC have accepted the money. What Alianza Atletico do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Matías Batule

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Alianza Atletico have done the hard part with Cienciano, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Words exchanged at Alianza Atletico

Valentín Albano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Alianza Atletico rebuffed over David Ayala

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Universitario have kept their man, and Alianza Atletico go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Alianza Atletico

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

Market

A long bet from Alianza Atletico on Andre Trauco

He is 19, and nobody at Alianza Atletico signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Still no ink between Alianza Atletico and Valentino Venetucci

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Alianza Atletico, another week without a signature from Valentino Venetucci.

In brief

489 Edition

The Alianza Atletico Sentinel

10 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Léider Riascos

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

Market

Léider Riascos 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 Alianza Atletico, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Juan Rois Esteberena’s move to Alianza Atletico collapses on the table

Fee agreed, terms agreed, and a scan that said otherwise. He goes back to Deportivo Municipal; Alianza Atletico go back to the market; and both will insist there is no story here.

Transfer targets

Andre Trauco due for a Alianza Atletico medical

Everything agreed with Sporting Cristal, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Yael Delgado

Alianza Atletico asked and Juan Aurich said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A row about effort at Alianza Atletico

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

Transfer targets

Alianza Atletico ask about Matías Batule

A loan enquiry to Cienciano: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout

Valentín Albano knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Alianza Atletico, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Alianza Atletico and Galo Galarza are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief