Azmahar Aníbal Ariano Navarro (born 14 January 1991) is a Panamanian

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er who plays as a

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for C.D. Plaza Amador.

Club career

Also known as ''Mello'', Ariano played for local clubs Tauro,

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and Chepo before joining Hungarian top-tier side Honvéd in March 2014. In January 2012 he was supposed to be loaned to Colombian club Deportivo Tulúa, but the move never materialized. He returned to Chepo during the 2015 Clausura.

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man

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for the

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. However, he did not make the final 23.

Personal life

Ariano married in July 2012.BODA CIVIL – AZMAHAR ARIANO
- Sporting SM

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* 1991 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Panamanian men's footballers 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen Panama men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Tauro F.C. players Club Deportivo Universitario players Sporting San Miguelito players Chepo F.C. players Budapest Honvéd FC players C.D. Árabe Unido players Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Patriotas Boyacá footballers C.D. Marathón players C.D. Plaza Amador players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Liga Panameña de Fútbol players Categoría Primera A players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras {{Panama-footy-bio-stub