Marked for Richard Celis
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Zamora
Gabriel Benítez 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.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Carabobo have kept their man, and Zamora go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Anthonys Matos 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.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
A loan move for Jhojan Torres is in the works
Zamora have made the call to Santa Fe. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets14 Dec 2026
Zamora have made the call to Talleres. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market14 Dec 2026
Zamora have made Richard Celis available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market7 Dec 2026
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Isaí Valladares reports back to Zamora with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
Zamora asked and Atletico Bucaramanga said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthonys Matos 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antony Trujillo commits to Zamora for another 4 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Zamora
Antony Trujillo 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.
Transfer targets7 Dec 2026
A loan enquiry to Santos: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Zamora have made Arlés Flores available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Antony Trujillo is on it.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Zamora
Edwuin Pernía 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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arlés Flores, and the manager let it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Cristian Díaz 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 dugout30 Nov 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Marco Bustillo is on it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Árgel Sánchez's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 33 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market16 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zamora they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zamora this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Richard Celis, and the manager let it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Anthonys Matos 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
40 days out for Brayan Rodríguez after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Zamora will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market9 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zamora is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Zamora
Arlés Flores 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Zamora
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cristian Díaz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Antony Trujillo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Zamora will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market9 Nov 2026
The name of Richard Celis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zamora say nothing, which says plenty.
Market9 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes Arlés Flores a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Zamora. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zamora, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market26 Oct 2026
“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 Zamora, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market26 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zamora is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Néstor Jiménez has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Zamora
Gabriel Benítez 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthonys Matos 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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Erickson Gallardo is on it.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
David Moreno is still paying for one afternoon at Zamora
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Richard Celis has written the date down.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 62 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market19 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zamora they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Pablo Martínez is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Zamora
Anthonys Matos and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad19 Oct 2026
20 new faces, and Zamora are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Nobody at Zamora will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
The manager makes Richard Celis a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Zamora. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Néstor Jiménez knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zamora, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market19 Oct 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Zamora money.
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Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 69 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market12 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zamora they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom12 Oct 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Antony Trujillo has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Zamora
Edwuin Pernía 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. José Flores is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Zamora
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthonys Matos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market12 Oct 2026
The name of Richard Celis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zamora say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 76 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Isaí Valladares is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Zamora
Edwuin Pernía 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Arlés Flores 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthonys Matos 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Brayan Rodríguez out for 90 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Zamora will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Zamora
Arlés Flores and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Zamora training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthonys Matos 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes Richard Celis a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Zamora. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Zamora, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Sep 2026
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Zamora money.
Market21 Sep 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with José Barragán’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market21 Sep 2026
Zamora have made Armando Rivas available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 99 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market14 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zamora they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Zamora
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anthonys Matos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Antony Trujillo is on it.
Market14 Sep 2026
The name of Richard Celis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zamora say nothing, which says plenty.
Market14 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes Richard Celis a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Zamora. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market14 Sep 2026
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Zamora money.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Zamora the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zamora is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Stiven Valencia has agreed terms with Deportivo Tachira for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zamora
Edwuin Pernía 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
30 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Isaac Ramírez 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
The name of Richard Celis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zamora say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arlés Flores and Zamora agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zamora
Arlés Flores 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Edwuin Pernía, and the manager let it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Anthonys Matos 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Edwuin Pernía
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Zamora will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Zamora, another week without a signature from Edwuin Pernía.