From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
“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.
Market15 Nov 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Iquique is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vicente Concha and Iquique agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Vicente Concha
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Market1 Nov 2027
“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.
Loan watch1 Nov 2027
30 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
David Salazar 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Franco Burgos has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad25 Oct 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Iquique will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Iquique is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Matías Blázquez: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
David Salazar: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Oct 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Iquique signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Franco Ledesma and Iquique agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
30 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Godfrey Selchum
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Brayan Garrido asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
“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.
Market20 Sep 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Iquique is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Alonso López: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of David Salazar
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Vicente Concha 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Simón Contreras plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market6 Sep 2027
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
Audax Italiano left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Jeyson Rojas 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
San Marcos de Arica left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
29 appearances at Cobresal and the goals keep coming. Iquique are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Steady
Market23 Aug 2027
“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.
Market23 Aug 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Iquique is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
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Steady
Match14 Aug 2027
Cobresal made Iquique work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch16 Aug 2027
27 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad9 Aug 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match7 Aug 2027
1-2 to San Luis, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Brayan Garrido
“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.
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Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
The award goes to Agustín Venezia, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Caicedo
“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.
Match31 Jul 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Upbeat
Market26 Jul 2027
“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.
Market26 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Iquique is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Jul 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Felipe Espinoza: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Jul 2027
Three points for Iquique, 3-1 the final word against Huachipato in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A season average of 7.45 with 5 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“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.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
24 appearances away from home and 8 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market26 Jul 2027
Iquique spent the window trying to move Luis Caicedo on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Steady
Squad19 Jul 2027
Jeyson Rojas: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Castillo
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Daniel Castillo knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
Enzo Brizuela: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Iam González 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
O'Higgins are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Iquique will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market12 Jul 2027
Enzo Brizuela is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Iquique has been clear about where Enzo Brizuela stands, which is more than many ever get.
Match10 Jul 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Palestino will be the happier side with the point.
Loan watch12 Jul 2027
22 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Steady
Market5 Jul 2027
$1.4M. No player has ever cost Iquique more, and expectation arrives with him.
Market5 Jul 2027
Luis Caicedo 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 Iquique can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Castillo and Iquique agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match3 Jul 2027
Three points for Iquique, 1-0 the final word against Colo-Colo in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad5 Jul 2027
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A season average of 7.37 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market5 Jul 2027
Godfrey Selchum is 19, and Iquique 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
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Crisis
Market28 Jun 2027
“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.
Match26 Jun 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cristián Rivera and Iquique agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad28 Jun 2027
A season average of 7.31 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market28 Jun 2027
A conversation is coming this week. Iquique will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
$1.3M from Colo-Colo for Joaquín Pereyra. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $77.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Union Espanola drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match19 Jun 2027
A 1-0 win over Union La Calera, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of David Salazar
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A season average of 7.27 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Brayan Garrido asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Jun 2027
5 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Jun 2027
Juan David Bacca has left for Huachipato in a $480.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market14 Jun 2027
Palestino pay $84.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market14 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Luis Caicedo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Iquique.
Market14 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Iquique will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match12 Jun 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Squad7 Jun 2027
David Salazar: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match5 Jun 2027
4 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Jun 2027
The fee is $140.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Union Espanola drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market7 Jun 2027
Colo-Colo pay $630.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market7 Jun 2027
The name of Juan David Bacca has come up in conversations Iquique were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match5 Jun 2027
Universidad de Chile left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Uneasy
Market31 May 2027
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
Iam González 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad24 May 2027
The medical room confirms 42 days on the sidelines for Bayron Barrera, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match22 May 2027
Audax Italiano left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of David Salazar
“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.
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Uneasy
Match15 May 2027
9 unbeaten for Iquique
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Iquique did not have in the autumn.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Blázquez
“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.
Match15 May 2027
A 1-1 draw with San Marcos de Arica leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Steady
Match8 May 2027
8 unbeaten for Iquique
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Iquique did not have in the autumn.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Zacarías López
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad10 May 2027
César González wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — César González has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Iquique know, and have known for weeks.
The terraces10 May 2027
The press cannot get enough of Iam González
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Uneasy
Market3 May 2027
“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.
Match1 May 2027
No end in sight to Iquique's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Iquique has to find a result from somewhere.
Match1 May 2027
7 unbeaten for Iquique
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Iquique did not have in the autumn.
Squad3 May 2027
8 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Zacarías López has given nobody the chance.
Squad3 May 2027
Dilan Rojas 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.
Match1 May 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Cobresal came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Uneasy
Match24 Apr 2027
Still nobody has beaten Iquique
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“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.
Match24 Apr 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” José Navarrete commits to Iquique for another 3 years.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Iam González
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Iam González asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match10 Apr 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Huachipato defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
Lucas Marcotti: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match3 Apr 2027
Three points for Iquique, 1-0 the final word against Santiago Wanderers in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Simón Contreras
“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.
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Uneasy
Match27 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Iquique's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Iquique has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match20 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Iquique's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Iquique has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Mar 2027
Iquique out of the cup
O'Higgins ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad22 Mar 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match13 Mar 2027
13 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Blázquez
“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.
Match13 Mar 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Antofagasta came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Uneasy
Match6 Mar 2027
12 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Franco Ledesma commits to Iquique for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Iam González
“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.
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Uneasy
Match27 Feb 2027
11 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“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.
Match27 Feb 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. O'Higgins came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Uneasy
Match20 Feb 2027
10 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Zacarías López
“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.
Match20 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Universidad de Chile leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad22 Feb 2027
At 24 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Iquique have a decision that made itself.
Squad22 Feb 2027
César González wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — César González has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Iquique know, and have known for weeks.
Market22 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Iquique know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match13 Feb 2027
9 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Jose Diaz is back at Iquique, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
The shirt still fits. Jorge Davila is back at Iquique, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market15 Feb 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Matías Blázquez
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Feb 2027
Matías Blázquez asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
6 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Franco Ledesma has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Brayan Garrido
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Vicente Concha asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Alejandro Alfonso has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Simón Contreras and Iquique agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Zacarías López
“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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Brayan Garrido asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Squad18 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Iam González, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Simón Contreras asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Alonso López keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Alonso López plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Market11 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Iquique can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Jan 2027
The deal that would have taken Lucas Marcotti to Antofagasta has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Iquique with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vicente Concha and Iquique agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Vicente Concha
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Jan 2027
The window shut and Zacarías López is still in the building
Iquique 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.
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Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Santiago Videla reports back to Iquique with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Market4 Jan 2027
The name of Lucas Marcotti has come up in conversations Iquique were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Market28 Dec 2026
Dilan Rojas 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 Iquique can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Zacarías López
“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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
121% of the income goes out in wages at Iquique
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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bastián Pinto commits to Iquique for another 3 years.
Market28 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Zacarías López may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Market21 Dec 2026
Union La Calera pay $99.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market21 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market21 Dec 2026
Iquique bring in an old head
Alejandro Alfonso is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad21 Dec 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Somebody is after Álvaro Ramos’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Álvaro Ramos suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Iquique have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market21 Dec 2026
No fee and no drama: Bastián Pinto has signed at Iquique, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Market14 Dec 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market14 Dec 2026
Dilan Rojas is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Iquique has been clear about where Dilan Rojas stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market14 Dec 2026
Iquique bring in an old head
Juan Pablo Miño is 39 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A new face in his position, and Franco Ledesma suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Iquique have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Market7 Dec 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Santiago Videla: 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.” Iquique have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market7 Dec 2026
Nicolás Ayala is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Iquique has been clear about where Nicolás Ayala stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Boardroom30 Nov 2026
169% of the income goes out in wages at Iquique
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.
Squad30 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Nicolás Ayala has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Market23 Nov 2026
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Iquique money.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Simón Contreras asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Isaac Díaz
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Isaac Díaz has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad16 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Iam González, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
6 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Joaquín Pereyra has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Matías Blázquez
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Zacarías López has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Álvaro Ramos has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
169% of the income goes out in wages at Iquique
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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Joaquín Pereyra asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Squad26 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad26 Oct 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.
Squad26 Oct 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Squad19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 61 days on the sidelines for Iam González, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Diego Orellana, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Álvaro Ramos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad12 Oct 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Boardroom5 Oct 2026
302% of the income goes out in wages at Iquique
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.
Squad5 Oct 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Franco Ledesma has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Market28 Sep 2026
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Iquique money.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Nicolás Ayala plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Zacarías López
“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.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
6 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Joaquín Pereyra has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad14 Sep 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
César González asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Somebody is after Edson Puch’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Edson Puch suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Iquique have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Match5 Sep 2026
0-3 to Audax Italiano, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Match5 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 347% of everything Iquique earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Vicente Concha
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Matías Blázquez asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Market31 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Iquique did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match29 Aug 2026
7 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Match29 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Matías Blázquez
“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.
Squad31 Aug 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 Iquique, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad31 Aug 2026
At 22 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Iquique are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Match19 Aug 2026
Iquique bow out of the cup
Universidad de Chile go through and Iquique go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match22 Aug 2026
6 matches without a win for Iquique
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Iquique are no longer polite ones.
Squad24 Aug 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Joaquín Pereyra asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad24 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Iquique have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Squad17 Aug 2026
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Daniel Castillo: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match12 Aug 2026
Iquique through in the cup
A 1-1 win over Audax Italiano, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match15 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Iquique's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Iquique has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 Aug 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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The terraces10 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 31 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 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.
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Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Agustín Venezia commits to Iquique for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Iam González
“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.
Match1 Aug 2026
0-1 to Universidad Catolica, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Nicolás Ayala asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.