Adolfo Machado

Adolfo Machado
Personal information
Full name Adolfo Abdiel Machado
Date of birth (1985-02-14) February 14, 1985
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Central Defender
Club information
Current team
 Saprissa
Number 13
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 Comunicaciones 24 (0)
2013-2014 San Francisco 0 (0)
2014- → Saprissa (loan) 59 (1)
National team‡
2007-2008 Panama U-23 7 (0)
2008- Panama 45 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 31, 2015

Adolfo Abdiel Machado (born 14 February 1985 in Panama City, Panama) is a football defender who currently plays in Costa Rica for Saprissa.

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.[1] On December 2008 he was signed by Guatemalan side Deportivo Marquense. In May 2010 he joined Honduran side Marathón[2] and in December 2010 Machado moved to Guatemalan top club Comunicaciones.[3]

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.[4] A second test done at a laboratory in Canada reconfirmed the positive doping test[5] and he was later suspended for two years, until 24 January 2014.[6]

Before his ban ended, he signed with San Francisco in November 2013 ahead of the 2014 Clausura season[7] but in December 2013, Machado was loaned to Costa Rican giants Saprissa for two seasons with an option to extend[8] and debuted on the first day after his doping ban was lifted.[9]

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 June 1st, 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.[10] He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[11] and played at the 2009, 2011 and 2014 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 June 2009 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti  Haiti 1–1 1–1 Friendly match

See also

References

  1. ↑ Adolfo Machado regresa a Panamá
  2. ↑ Adolfo Machado jugará con el Marathón - La Estrella (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Machado satisfecho con su nuevo equipo de Comunicaciones Archived June 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. - TVN (Spanish)
  4. ↑ FIFA prohíbe entrenar a Adolfo Machado inhabilitado por dopaje - La Prensa (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Segunda prueba reconfirma dopaje del panameño Adolfo Machado - La Prensa (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Machado es suspendido en Guatemala por dar positivo en prueba de dopaje - La Prensa (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Adolfo Machado confirma jugará con San Francisco en el Clausura 2014 - RPC (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Saprissa presentó a Adolfo Machado y Marvin Angulo - Nación (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Adolfo Machado volvió a jugar tras dos años suspendido por dopaje - Diez (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Panama - Record International Players - RSSSF
  11. ↑ Adolfo Machado – FIFA competition record
  12. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF

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