Adolfo Machado

Adolfo Machado
Machado playing for Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Abdiel Machado
Date of birth (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Central Defender
Club information
Current team
 Houston Dynamo
Number 3
Youth career
2004 Alianza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Alianza 90 (6)
2009 → Marquense (loan) 38 (2)
2010 Marathón 15 (0)
2011–2012 Comunicaciones 24 (0)
2013–2014 San Francisco 0 (0)
2014 → Saprissa (loan) 41 (1)
2014–2016 Saprissa 89 (1)
2017– Houston Dynamo 43 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Panama U-23 7 (0)
2008– Panama 76 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:18, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2018

Adolfo Abdiel Machado (born 14 February 1985) is a Panamanian football defender who currently plays for Houston Dynamo.

Club career

Around July 2008 Machado travelled to Colombia to play with Copa Mustang side Envigado along with U-23 teammate Armando Cooper. However the transfer failed and had to return to Panama to continue with Alianza.[2] On December 2008 he was signed by Guatemalan side Deportivo Marquense. In May 2010 he joined Honduran side Marathón[3] and in December 2010 Machado moved to Guatemalan top club Comunicaciones.[4]

Doping case and suspension

In February 2012, Machado, alongside Comunicaciones teammates Fredy Thompson and Marvin Ceballos, was temporarily suspended from playing by FIFA after a positive test on the banned substance boldenone.[5] A second test done at a laboratory in Canada reconfirmed the positive doping test[6] and he was later suspended for two years, until 24 January 2014.[7]

Before his ban ended, he signed with San Francisco in November 2013 ahead of the 2014 Clausura season[8] but in December 2013, Machado was loaned to Costa Rican giants Saprissa for two seasons with an option to extend[9] and debuted on the first day after his doping ban was lifted.[10]

International career

Machado participated in thI 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament with Panama U-23 team been one of the most important players for Panama in the tournament.

He made his debut with the senior team on 1 June 2008 starting in the 1-0 victory over Guatemala. He has, as of 10 June 2015, earned a total of 45 caps, scoring 1 goal.[11] He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[12] and played at the 2009, 2011 and 2014 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[13]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[14]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 June 2018[15]
Panama
YearAppsGoals
200850
200941
201090
2011150
201200
201300
201470
2015150
2016110
201750
201850
Total761

Titles

Club Titles

N° Título Club País Año
1 Torneo de Clausura Comunicaciones F.C.  Guatemala 2011
2 Torneo de Apertura Comunicaciones F.C.  Guatemala 2012
3 Torneo de Clausura Comunicaciones F.C.  Guatemala 2013
4 Campeonato de Verano Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2014
5 Campeonato de Invierno Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2014
6 Campeonato de Invierno Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2015
7 Campeonato de Invierno Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2016

Campeonatos internacionales

N° Título Club Lugar Año
1 Copa Centroamericana Selección de Panamá  Honduras 2009

Torneos amistosos

N° Título Club Lugar Año
1 Copa Antigua Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2014
2 Copa Volcán Turrialba Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2016
3 Copa La Anexión Deportivo Saprissa  Costa Rica 2016

Galardones individuales

Distinción Año
Premio Rommel Fernández como Mejor jugador panameño en el exterior[16] 2014
Mejor jugador de la temporada 2014 según el Círculo de Locutores y Periodistas Deportivos[17] 2015
Mejor jugador extranjero de la temporada 2014-15 de la Liga FPD[18] 2015
Mejor jugador extranjero de 2015 según el Círculo de Locutores y Periodistas Deportivos 2016
Mejor extranjero del Campeonato de Invierno 2015 2016
Mejor extranjero del Campeonato de Verano 2016[19] 2016
Mejor extranjero del Campeonato de Invierno 2016[20] 2017


International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 June 2009Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Haiti1–11–1Friendly

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 8 July 2018. p. 20.
  2. ↑ Adolfo Machado regresa a Panamá
  3. ↑ Adolfo Machado jugará con el Marathón - La Estrella (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Machado satisfecho con su nuevo equipo de Comunicaciones Archived 23 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. - TVN (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ FIFA prohíbe entrenar a Adolfo Machado inhabilitado por dopaje - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Segunda prueba reconfirma dopaje del panameño Adolfo Machado - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Machado es suspendido en Guatemala por dar positivo en prueba de dopaje - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Adolfo Machado confirma jugará con San Francisco en el Clausura 2014 - RPC (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Saprissa presentó a Adolfo Machado y Marvin Angulo - Nación (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Adolfo Machado volvió a jugar tras dos años suspendido por dopaje - Diez (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Panama - Record International Players - RSSSF
  12. ↑ Adolfo Machado – FIFA competition record (archive)
  13. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF
  14. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  15. ↑ "Adolfo Machado". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Harold Leandro C. (15 May 2014). "Saprissista Adolfo Machado fue designado como el mejor futbolista panameño en el extranjero". La Nación. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Allan Fernández (26 February 2015). "Saprissa arrasa con los galardones". Deporticos. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  18. ↑ José Pablo Molina Salas (28 May 2015). "Noche de gala homenajeó a los mejores de la temporada en los Premios FPD". UNAFUT. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  19. ↑ José Pablo Molina Salas (26 May 2016). "En la variedad estuvo el gusto de los Premios FPD". UNAFUT. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  20. ↑ José Pablo Molina Salas (1 June 2017). "Herediano y Saprissa se repartieron la mayoría de los Premios FPD". UNAFUT. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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