Deiver Andrés Machado Mena (born 2 September 1993) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

In 2020, Deiver Machado joined

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club

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as a free agent. On 2 July 2021, he joined

club

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (), commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply as Lens, is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the department of Pas-de-Calais. The club's nickname, ''Les Sang et Or'' (), comes from i ...

for three years. On 31 January, he extended his contract with Lens until 2026.

International career

Machado was named in the Colombia national team's provisional squad for

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but was cut from the final squad.

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