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

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who plays as a

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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

Venezuelan Primera División The Primera División (; ), or Liga Venezolana (; ) is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957. It is organized by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. Format Starting i ...

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

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), and was awarded a prize from the

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. On 7 July 2012, Machís joined

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

, but signed a five-year contract with fellow Giampaolo Pozzo's club

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

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

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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. Vitória Sport Clube, popularly known as Vitória de Guimarães or sometimes just Vitória, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Guimarães that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football, at the Est ...

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

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

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

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

, in a

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

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

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

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side

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

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

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

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. 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

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

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

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. He later appeared with the under-20s 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 *

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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 Real Valladolid players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória S.C. players Serie A players Udinese Calcio players Liga MX players FC Juárez footballers Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Venezuela men's under-20 international footballers Venezuela men's international footballers 2019 Copa América players 2024 Copa América players