Sandro Lima

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Marked for Sandro Lima

35 Edition

The Ararat-Armenia Herald

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad29 Mar 2027

93 days out for Guillaume François after a fracture

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

The dugout29 Mar 2027

Pedrinho: 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.” Ararat-Armenia have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad29 Mar 2027

Pedrinho 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 Ararat-Armenia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad29 Mar 2027

A row about effort at Ararat-Armenia

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

Squad29 Mar 2027

Sandro Lima is slowing down

At 37, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

The dugout29 Mar 2027

The manager makes an example of Zidane Banjaqui

“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.

In brief

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23 Edition

The Ararat-Armenia Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market4 Jan 2027

Zhirayr Shaghoyan 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 Ararat-Armenia can pretend not to have heard.

Market4 Jan 2027

Ararat-Armenia turn down Ararat for Zhirayr Shaghoyan

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words exchanged at Ararat-Armenia

João Bravim 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.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Words at Ararat-Armenia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edgar Grigoryan 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.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Ararat-Armenia rebuffed over Dani Figueira

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

The dugout4 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Hugo Oliveira

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hugo Oliveira, and the manager let it.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Arayik Eloyan gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Arayik Eloyan is on it.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Sandro Lima slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Sandro Lima is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

Market4 Jan 2027

The shop window has Hugo Oliveira in it

Ararat-Armenia have let the market know Hugo Oliveira can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

6 Edition

The Ararat-Armenia Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Karen Muradyan 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 Ararat-Armenia can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Ararat-Armenia close the window on a squad of their own making

18 in and 24 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Ararat-Armenia

Zhirayr Shaghoyan 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.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Edgar Grigoryan

“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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Words at Ararat-Armenia training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Karen Muradyan 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.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at Ararat-Armenia

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Sandro Lima is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Sandro Lima has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

Alioune Ndour has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ararat-Armenia 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.

Market7 Sep 2026

The market said no: Zhirayr Shaghoyan stays put

Ararat-Armenia opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Zhirayr Shaghoyan stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.

In brief