Jáder Obrian

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Santa Fe
5 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Jáder Obrian

18 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Santa Fe do the business in Europe

0‑0. Continental football is where a club finds out what it actually is, and Santa Fe came through the finding-out well against Zamora.

Squad

Jeison Angulo keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Santa Fe may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match

4 matches without a win for Santa Fe

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Santa Fe are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Santa Fe

Maximiliano Lovera 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.

Market

Santa Fe may not be able to give Iván Scarpeta what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Iván Scarpeta wants continental football; whether Santa Fe can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Player ratings

Daniel Torres was immovable

22 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yílmar Velásquez

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

No hiding place for Ángelo Rodríguez

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

Squad

Words at Santa Fe training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yílmar Velásquez 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.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Maximiliano Lovera 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

Cortulua take the points off Santa Fe

Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Nahuel Bustos 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Santa Fe

Emanuel Olivera 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.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Santa Fe

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Squad

When it matters, Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

4 Edition

The Santa Fe Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Santa Fe march on in the cup

Fortaleza CEIF are out and Santa Fe go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match

Cruel end for Fortaleza CEIF as Santa Fe pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Santa Fe scored in the 118th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Player ratings

Daniel Torres was immovable

24 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Squad

Nahuel Bustos 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 Santa Fe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Santa Fe

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Words at Santa Fe training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maximiliano Lovera 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Nahuel Bustos

Marked 8.01 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Jáder Obrian 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

Yílmar Velásquez runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief