Adolfo Abdiel Machado (born 14 February 1985) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga FPD club San Carlos.

Club career

Around July 2008 Machado travelled to

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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. In December 2008 he was signed by

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. In May 2010 he joined Honduran side Marathón and in December 2010 Machado moved to Guatemalan top club Comunicaciones. He would help Comunicaciones win the 2011 Clausura.

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

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. A second test done at a laboratory in Canada reconfirmed the positive doping test and he was later suspended for two years, until 24 January 2014. Conunicaciones would win the 2012 Apertura and 2013 Clausura in his absence. Before his ban ended, he signed with San Francisco in November 2013 ahead of the 2014 Clausura season but in December 2013, Machado was loaned to Costa Rican giants Saprissa for two seasons with an option to extend and debuted on the first day after his doping ban was lifted. Machado would help lead Saprissa to 4 titles in his time there and received many personal accolades. On 21 December 2016, Machado signed with the

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of MLS. He made his Dynamo debut on 4 March 2017 in a 2–1 over the Seattle Sounders. He helped the Dynamo return to the MLS playoffs for the first time since 2013 Machado played in every minute of the playoffs as the Dynamo reached the western conference finals, where they fell to the Sounders. The Dynamo didn't have the same league success in the 2018, in part due to Machado missing key games while away on international duty, but he did help the Dynamo win the 2018 US Open Cup, the first in club history. Machado's contract was not renewed following the 2018 season; he later joined

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International career

Machado participated in the

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with the Panama U-23 team. He made his debut with the senior team on 1 June 2008 starting in the 1–0 victory over

. He has, as of 16 October 2018, earned a total of 77 caps, scoring 1 goal. He represented his country at the

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and 2014 UNCAF Nations Cups, with Panama winning the 2009 edition, as well as at the

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. In May 2018 he was named to Panama's preliminary 35-man

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for the

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in Russia. The 23-man roster was announced on 30 May with Machado being a part of it. He made his one appearance at the World Cup on 28 June in a 1–2 loss to Tunisia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Honors

Comunicaciones F.C. * Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: 2011 Clausura Saprissa * Liga FPD: Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014,

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, Apertura 2016 Houston Dynamo * US Open Cup:

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Alajuelense * Liga FPD: Apertura 2020 * CONCACAF League:

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Panama * Copa Centroamericana:

Individual * Rommel Fernández Award (given to best Panamanian footballer abroad): 2014 * Liga FPD Player of the Season: 2014 * Liga FPD Foreign Player of the Season: 2014–15, 2015 Invierno, 2016 Verano, Invierno 2016 * Dynamo defender of the year: 2017

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