Bryan Reyna

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Universitario
31 Aug 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Bryan Reyna

4 Edition

The Universitario Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Alex Valera agrees terms with Austria Wien

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Universitario people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Match

Horacio Calcaterra sends Universitario through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Horacio Calcaterra obliged against Alianza Atletico. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Universitario.

Match

Horacio Calcaterra breaks Alianza Atletico hearts

Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Horacio Calcaterra scored in the 86th minute, Alianza Atletico had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Universitario took the lot.

Market

Universitario turn down CE Europa for Sékou Gassama

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

Market

Diego Romero wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad

Words at Universitario training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bryan Reyna 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

Piero Quispe was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market

Yuriel Celi attracts admirers

The name of Yuriel Celi has come up in conversations Universitario were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Player ratings

Horacio Calcaterra takes the honours

Marked 7.71 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Universitario had the best player on the pitch.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Universitario Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom

Fabián Cabanillas signs for Cienciano while still at Universitario

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Fabián Cabanillas has agreed terms with Cienciano for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Market

Only the photograph left for Fabián Cabanillas

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Universitario

Bryan Reyna 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.

Market

Diego Romero linked with a move away

The name of Diego Romero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Universitario say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

The shop window has Fabián Cabanillas in it

Universitario have let the market know Fabián Cabanillas can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

Alex Valera is training like a man with a point to make

Nobody has promised him anything and he has not asked. The coaching staff have noticed, which at this stage of a season is the only thing that matters.

In brief

2 Edition

The Universitario Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sékou Gassama says no to Antequera

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Sékou Gassama had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Universitario may not be able to give Jairo Concha what he wants

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

Squad

Bryan Reyna 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 Universitario this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Jesús Castillo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jesús Castillo and Universitario agree another 4 years.

Boardroom

Universitario agree a free transfer for Francisco Galván

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Market

Universitario promote Christian Reyna from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christian Reyna 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Universitario Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Pogon come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Universitario did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Andy Polo has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Universitario can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad

Alex Valera signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alex Valera commits to Universitario for another 3 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Universitario

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

Squad

A row about effort at Universitario

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

Boardroom

Angel De La Cruz will join Universitario for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Angel De La Cruz has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Universitario have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

In brief