Facundo Rodríguez

Striker - Hajduk Split
7 Nov 2029
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Facundo Rodríguez

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The Hajduk Split Post

1 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Nothing got past Alberto Del Moral

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 36 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

Hajduk Split tear Lokomotiva Zagreb apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Lokomotiva Zagreb, and it could have been more.

Market

Jaime Giraldo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hajduk Split, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Nothing got past Hugo Guillamón

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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Dario Marešić shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market

Only the photograph left for Jaime Giraldo

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jaime Giraldo will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hajduk Split the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Hugo Guillamón 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 Hajduk Split this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Nardin Mulahusejnović

Marked 9.52 — 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

Emanuel Mammana 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.

In brief

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The Hajduk Split Post

30 Jul 2029
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Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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

Only the photograph left for Davyd Fesyuk

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davyd Fesyuk will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hajduk Split the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Adrion Pajaziti

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Hugo Guillamón

Marked 8.60 — 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Michele Šego

Marked 8.39 — 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.

Market

No place for Václav Hladký in the plan

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

Squad

Facundo Rodríguez signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Facundo Rodríguez and Hajduk Split agree another 1 years.

Market

Sibenik expected to open talks for Roko Vojvodić

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hajduk Split will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Match

Hajduk Split and Lokomotiva Zagreb take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

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The Hajduk Split Post

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hajduk Split are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 30 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Zvonimir Šarlija 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 Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Kryvbas come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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

Only the photograph left for Davyd Fesyuk

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davyd Fesyuk will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hajduk Split the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Hajduk Split lose Tomislav Duvnjak

38 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

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29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Panserraikos come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Hugo Guillamón 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 Hajduk Split this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Sebastijan Kajtazi attracts admirers

The name of Sebastijan Kajtazi has come up in conversations Hajduk Split were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Noa Skoko out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Noa Skoko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Sebastijan Kajtazi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sebastijan Kajtazi and Hajduk Split agree another 4 years.

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Dmytro Zudin has seen enough of Cracovia

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 9 appearances in 31 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

130 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tomislav Duvnjak keeps the receipts

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

Market

Alec Van Hoorenbeeck puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hajduk Split, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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

Facundo Rodríguez attracts admirers

The name of Facundo Rodríguez has come up in conversations Hajduk Split were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Václav Hladký

“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.

Market

The Zvonimir Šarlija conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Hrvatski Dragovoljac will make the call about Zvonimir Šarlija this week. Hajduk Split have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

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Toni Ruso has seen enough of Jagiellonia

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 8 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Market

Fran Karačić is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Hajduk Split has been clear about where Fran Karačić stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

Alec Van Hoorenbeeck knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alec Van Hoorenbeeck trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

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The Hajduk Split Post

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

David Romero keeps the receipts

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

Market

Only the photograph left for Sebastijan Kajtazi

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sebastijan Kajtazi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hajduk Split the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Marko Livaja

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Hajduk Split come up short against HNK Rijeka

HNK Rijeka left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alberto Del Moral

“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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Julián Marcioni

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.11, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

Mlada Boleslav expected to open talks for Facundo Rodríguez

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Hajduk Split will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Loan watch

Dmytro Zudin wants to come home

“I did not go to Cracovia to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 11 matches say the rest.

In brief

109 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Hajduk Split are in among the leaders

Position 3 and 11 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Julián Marcioni asks to leave Hajduk Split

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

LNZ come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Ivan Canjuga says Hajduk Split went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Rokas Pukstas stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Rokas Pukstas and Hajduk Split agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Adrion Pajaziti

Marked 9.17 — 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Rokas Pukstas

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.98, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Nardin Mulahusejnović

“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

107 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Toni Silić keeps the receipts

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

Market

Hajduk Split say no — this time

The offer from Lokomotiva Zagreb for Ron Raçi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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.

Match

Hugo Guillamón’s goal not enough for Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to NK Osijek, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Rokas Pukstas

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 David Romero

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

Market

Eyes on Sebastijan Kajtazi again

The phone has started ringing about Sebastijan Kajtazi again, and this time the name on the line is Hrvatski Dragovoljac. Hajduk Split are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings

Michele Šego in the eights

A performance of 8.48 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Home is on Feta Fetai's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Hajduk Split are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief

105 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Julián Marcioni asks to leave Hajduk Split

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Davor Bistre says Hajduk Split went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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

LNZ join the queue for Facundo Rodríguez

Add another name to the list: LNZ have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Facundo Rodríguez. The answer from Hajduk Split has not changed — yet.

Match

6 unbeaten for Hajduk Split

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Hajduk Split did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Adrion Pajaziti 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

A masterclass from Hugo Guillamón

Marked 8.87 — 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.

Player ratings

Niko Farkaš runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

One of those days for Rokas Pukstas

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.40, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

97 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hajduk Split are in among the leaders

Position 2 and 37 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.

Market

Ismaël Diallo asks to leave Hajduk Split

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Hajduk Split turn down HNK Vukovar 1991 for Bruno Mišura

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

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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.

Squad

Adrion Pajaziti signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adrion Pajaziti and Hajduk Split agree another 5 years.

Market

OFI join the queue for Stanley Amon

Add another name to the list: OFI have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Stanley Amon. The answer from Hajduk Split has not changed — yet.

In brief

94 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Michele Šego 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Toni Silić

“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.

Squad

Mihail Caimacov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mihail Caimacov and Hajduk Split agree another 4 years.

In brief

93 Edition

The CFR Cluj Sentinel

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Nemanja Gudelj signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nemanja Gudelj and CFR Cluj agree another 2 years.

Squad

Facundo Rodríguez 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 CFR Cluj this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Facundo Rodríguez still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at CFR Cluj would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

93 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hajduk Split up to position 2

37 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Michele Šego 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 Hajduk Split this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Luka Hodak has seen enough of Sibenik

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 6 appearances in 36 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Toni Silić knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Toni Silić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

No hiding place for Mihail Caimacov

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

Squad

A season on the outside for Alberto Del Moral

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Hajduk Split has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

89 Edition

The CFR Cluj Sentinel

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Facundo Rodríguez 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 CFR Cluj this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Nicolae Sula stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicolae Sula and CFR Cluj agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Mihai Popa 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.

In brief

89 Edition

The Hajduk Split Post

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Hajduk Split up to position 2

37 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

Squad

Tempers go at Hajduk Split

Hugo Guillamón 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.

Squad

Ron Raçi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ron Raçi commits to Hajduk Split for another 3 years.

Loan watch

Luka Hodak counts the days

“I watch every Hajduk Split game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Sibenik runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Loan watch

6 goals on loan for Toni Ruso

18 appearances at Dugopolje and the goals keep coming. Hajduk Split are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Squad

Jurica Poldrugač knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jurica Poldrugač trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

86 Edition

The CFR Cluj Sentinel

20 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Alin Fică 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 CFR Cluj can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Zoran Mitrov: 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.” CFR Cluj have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Only the photograph left for Christopher Braun

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Christopher Braun will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around CFR Cluj the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at CFR Cluj

Facundo Rodríguez 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.

Loan watch

Răzvan Gligor wants to come home

“I did not go to Voluntari to sit and watch. I want to come back to CFR Cluj and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Squad

No hiding place for Octavian Vâlceanu

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

In brief

81 Edition

The CFR Cluj Sentinel

14 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Alin Fică puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at CFR Cluj, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Facundo Rodríguez 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 CFR Cluj this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Răzvan Barstan has seen enough of Dinamo Bucharest

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at CFR Cluj, and 0 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad

Komnen Andrić has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and CFR Cluj will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

Squad

Komnen Andrić knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Komnen Andrić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The window shut and Simão Rocha is still in the building

CFR Cluj spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.

In brief

80 Edition

The CFR Cluj Sentinel

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Luka Zahovič: 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.” CFR Cluj have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

The Voluntari deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Alin Fică reports back to CFR Cluj with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Market

Valentin Creţu 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 CFR Cluj can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at CFR Cluj

Facundo Rodríguez 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.

Squad

Valentin Creţu out for 101 days

The medical room confirms 101 days on the sidelines for Valentin Creţu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

CFR Cluj sign Onne de Flart, one for the future

Onne de Flart is 19, and CFR Cluj have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

In brief