Azmahar Aníbal Ariano Navarro (born 14 January 1991) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a centre back for C.D. Plaza Amador.

Azmahar Ariano
Personal information
Full name Azmahar Aníbal Ariano Navarro
Date of birth (1991-01-14) January 14, 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Panama, Panama
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Centre back
Team information
Current team
Plaza Amador
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Tauro 15 (2)
2012 Chorrillo
2012 Sporting San Miguelito
2013–2016 Chepo 41 (2)
2014Honvéd (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 Árabe Unido 27 (1)
2017Atlético Bucaramanga (loan) 0 (0)
2018 Patriotas 10 (0)
2019 Tauro 15 (1)
2019 Marathón 18 (0)
2020– Plaza Amador 5 (0)
International career
2016– Panama 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:31, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:20, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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Also known as Mello, Ariano played for local clubs Tauro, Sporting San Miguelito and Chepo before joining Hungarian top-tier side Honvéd in March 2014.[1] In January 2012 he was supposed to be loaned to Colombian club Deportivo Tulúa,[2] but the move never materialized.

He returned to Chepo during the 2015 Clausura.[3]

International career

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In May 2018, he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[4] However, he did not make the final 23.[5]

List of international goals scored by Azmahar_Ariano
NumberDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 January 2022Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Jamaica3-13-22022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

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Ariano married in July 2012.[6] and has a twin brother Adnihell Ariano,[7] who is a footballer too and played with Panama's U20 the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]

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