André Almeida

Central Midfielder - Racing Santander
19 Nov 2026
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Marked for André Almeida

14 Edition

The Racing Santander Courier

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Giorgi Guliashvili keeps the receipts

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

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

André Almeida beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market2 Nov 2026

Sergio Canales wants more than Racing Santander are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Sergio Canales 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.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Matteo Prati

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

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

The afternoon belonged to Aarón

A mark of 7.52, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Racing Santander

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

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

89% of the income goes out in wages at Racing Santander

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Iván Martín takes the honours

Marked 7.42 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Racing Santander had the best player on the pitch.

In brief

Back issues
13 Edition

The Racing Santander Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Yassir Zabiri, 21, steals the show — 7.72

Marked 7.72 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Sergio Canales, 35, rolls back the years — 8.19

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.19 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Racing Santander

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

Match24 Oct 2026

Racing Santander see off Mirandés

Three points for Racing Santander, 3‑1 the final word against Mirandés in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

The manager makes an example of Julen Agirrezabala

“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.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

One of their own: Yassir Zabiri

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

One of those days for Aarón

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.39, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Ninety minutes of André Almeida at his very best

Marked 8.04. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Racing Santander.

Loan watch26 Oct 2026

Pedro Felipe wants to come home

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

In brief

10 Edition

The Racing Santander Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match3 Oct 2026

Racing Santander make it 5 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Racing Santander have 5 straight wins of it.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Age has not caught Sergio Canales yet — 8.10

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.10 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad5 Oct 2026

The step up is real for Matteo Prati

At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Match3 Oct 2026

Andrés Martín sends Racing Santander past Leganés

It finished 2‑0, and it was Andrés Martín’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Racing Santander.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

One of those days for André Almeida

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Boardroom5 Oct 2026

Wages swallow 114% of the Racing Santander income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad5 Oct 2026

The month belongs to Sergio Canales

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Racing Santander have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Too much change too quickly at Racing Santander

20 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout5 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Maguette Guèye

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

In brief

  • Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Sergio Canales
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Yassir Zabiri does not fit this one
4 Edition

The Racing Santander Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market24 Aug 2026

Bristol Rovers come back empty-handed

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

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Sergio Canales, 35, rolls back the years — 8.03

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 35, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Racing Santander rebuffed over Alejandro Sotillos

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hércules have kept their man, and Racing Santander go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Racing Santander go back to the board over Fedor Lapoukhov

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $32.8M — a club that wants Fedor Lapoukhov enough to be asked twice.

Match22 Aug 2026

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 90 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Racing Santander had all but put away. Valladolid will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Julen Agirrezabala is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Julen Agirrezabala gifts one

A goalkeeper’s error has no defender behind it to tidy it away. He knew before the ball crossed the line, the crowd knew a second later, and there is nothing anybody can say tonight.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Julen Agirrezabala has had enough of the noise

The ambition story running backwards, and the one nobody tells: a footballer who wants a smaller ground, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is rarely reported as anything else.

Match22 Aug 2026

Racing Santander share the spoils with Valladolid

A 2‑2 draw with Valladolid leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief