Azmahar Ariano


Azmahar Aníbal Ariano Navarro is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a centre back for C.D. Plaza Amador.

Club career

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. 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 squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23.
NumberDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
130 January 2022Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama3-13-22022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

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