Adolfo Machado

Adolfo Abdiel Machado (born 14 February 1985) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for LPF club Alianza.

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. In December 2008 he was signed by Guatemalan side Deportivo Marquense. 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 boldenone. 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. 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 Houston Dynamo of MLS. He made his Dynamo debut on 4 March 2017 in a 2–1 over Seattle Sounders FC. 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. He represented his country at the 2009, 2011 and 2014 UNCAF Nations Cups, with Panama winning the 2009 edition, as well as at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

In May 2018 he was named to Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup 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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 19 June 2009 Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1–1 1–1 Friendly 2 23 March 2019 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honors

Comunicaciones F.C. Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: 2011 Clausura

Saprissa Liga FPD: Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016

Houston Dynamo US Open Cup: 2018

Alajuelense Liga FPD: Apertura 2020 CONCACAF League: 2020

Panama Copa Centroamericana: 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup third place: 2015

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