Darwin Daniel Machís Marcano (born 7 February 1993) is a Venezuelan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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, and the Venezuela national team.

Club career

Machís started his career with AC Mineros de Guayana, making his official debut on 21 August 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 away draw against

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, for the

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championship. He scored his first professional goal ten days later, in a 5–1 home routing over Minasoro FC. Machís appeared regularly for the side, scoring 16 goals during the campaign (eight only in Copa Venezuela), and was awarded a prize from the Venezuelan Football Federation. On 7 July 2012, Machís joined Udinese, but signed a five-year contract with fellow Giampaolo Pozzo's club

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. He appeared in the pre-season with the latter, scoring three times in only five games. Machís made his

debut on 20 August 2012, as a late substitute in a 0–1 loss at

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. He appeared in further three matches for the

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ns, all from the bench. On 31 January 2013, Machís moved to Vitória S.C. on loan until June. However, he appeared sparingly with the main squad, appearing with the reserves in the second level. He made two late substitute appearances in the

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semifinal matches, with Vitória eventually winning the Cup. He returned to Granada in the 2013 summer, being assigned to the B-team in

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. On 8 May 2014, he joined

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in a month's loan. On 6 August 2015, Machís moved to

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, in a

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-long loan deal. Roughly one year later, he joined

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in the top tier, again in a temporary deal. On 18 July 2018, Machís signed with

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side Udinese. The following 29 January, he returned to Spain and joined

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on loan until 30 June. On 28 July 2019, Machis signed back for the freshly promoted

after spending half a year on loan at Cádiz CF. He made his competitive debut on 17 August 2019, starting and scoring in a 4–4 draw against Villarreal. On 13 July 2020 he scored against Real Madrid in a 2–1 loss. On 29 April 2021, Machís scored the equalizer against

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. Granada would go on to win 2–1, in their first ever win at

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. In January 2023, he joined

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on a three-and-a-half-year contract. On 1 July, after the club's

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, he returned to Cádiz on loan.

International career

Machís debuted with the Venezuela national team on 22 December 2011, starting in a 2–0 loss against Costa Rica. He later appeared with the

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s in

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Machís goal.''

Honours

Mineros * Copa Venezuela: 2011 Vitória de Guimarães *

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Venezuela *

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: 2019 Individual *

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: February 2019

References

External links

Profile
at the Real Valladolid website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machis, Darwin 1993 births Living people Venezuelan men's footballers People from Tucupita Men's association football forwards Venezuelan Primera División players A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players La Liga players Segunda División players Club Recreativo Granada players Granada CF footballers Hércules CF players SD Huesca footballers CD Leganés players Cádiz CF players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória S.C. players Serie A players Udinese Calcio players Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Venezuela men's under-20 international footballers Venezuela men's international footballers 2019 Copa América players