Juliano

Defensive Midfielder - Mirassol
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Juliano

21 Edition

The Mirassol Courier

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Both of them Negueba's — 8.74

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.74, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings

José Aldo beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

So close: Igor Formiga’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Fortaleza moved on, Igor Formiga reports back to Mirassol, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Transfer targets

Corinthians tell Mirassol: Bahia 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Mirassol against Flamengo

2‑3 to Flamengo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

A row about effort at Mirassol

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

Squad

Alê Santos stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Alê Santos and Mirassol agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Juliano 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.

The dugout

Fábio Pereira faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Fábio Pereira after 2‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Mirassol Courier

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A falling-out at Mirassol

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

Match

Mirassol see off Fortaleza

Three points for Mirassol, 1‑0 the final word against Fortaleza in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout

Juliano 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.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Shaylon

7.94, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Mirassol had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Squad

Marcílio stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Marcílio and Mirassol agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Fábio Pereira: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

Squad

Japa 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.

The dugout

Mirassol keep their word to Rodrigues

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Market

No place for Alex Muralha in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Alex Muralha has his answer from Mirassol; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

4 Edition

The Mirassol Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Walter stands alone

10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match

Mirassol bow out of the cup

Palmeiras go through and Mirassol go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Boardroom

Fernandinho has agreed to leave Mirassol for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Market

Only the photograph left for Fernandinho

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Fernandinho will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Mirassol the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings

Igor Formiga runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Alesson 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Mirassol against Botafogo

1‑2 to Botafogo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Walter 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.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Fábio Pereira left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief

  • Squad The formation has left Juliano behind
  • The dugout Walter has become a man the manager trusts
  • The dugout Neto Moura asks for a word with the manager