The Universitario Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Match19 Aug 2026
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.
Match19 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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 ratings24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 Aug 2026
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 ratings24 Aug 2026
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
- The dugout Luis Reyna has his say
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Héctor Fertoli
- Squad Words exchanged at Universitario