Andrés Samurio

Goalkeeper - Tacuarembo
22 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Andrés Samurio

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The Tacuarembo Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

José Duarte has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tacuarembo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom

José Duarte has agreed to leave Tacuarembo for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Tempers go at Tacuarembo

Andrés Samurio 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

A row about effort at Tacuarembo

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

The dugout

Néstor Álvarez 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.

Market

Still no ink between Tacuarembo and Ian López

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Tacuarembo, another week without a signature from Ian López.

In brief

Back issues
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The Tacuarembo Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Andrés Samurio stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market

Only the photograph left for Ian López

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ian López will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Tacuarembo the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom

Ian López signs for Fenix while still at Tacuarembo

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

Squad

A falling-out at Tacuarembo

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

Market

One of our own: Nicolas Bentancur joins the Tacuarembo first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicolas Bentancur is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Andres Cabrera steps up from the Tacuarembo academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andres Cabrera has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Tacuarembo promote Daniel Da Silva from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Da Silva 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.

Match

Pablo López the difference as Tacuarembo beat Atenas

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Pablo López. 1‑0 against Atenas, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Alejandro Martinez, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

In brief