# Gilberto Machado
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{{short description|Honduran footballer (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{infobox football biography
| name = Leonel Machado
| image =
| fullname = Gilberto Leonel Machado García
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [San Pedro Sula](/source/San_Pedro_Sula), Honduras
| height =
| position = [Centre midfielder](/source/Midfielder) / [Attacking midfielder](/source/Attacking_midfielder)
| currentclub = [Olimpia Occidental](/source/Olimpia_Occidental)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1979–1991 | clubs1 = [Marathón](/source/C.D._Marath%C3%B3n) | caps1 = 261 | goals1 = 78
| years2 = 1992 | clubs2 = [Olimpia](/source/C.D._Olimpia) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1993–1994 | clubs3 = [Deportes Progreseño](/source/Deportes_Progrese%C3%B1o) | caps3 = | goals3 =
| nationalyears1 = 1987–1992 | nationalteam1 = [Honduras](/source/Honduras_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2002 | managerclubs1 = [Marathón](/source/C.D._Marath%C3%B3n)
| manageryears2 = | managerclubs2 = [Real España](/source/Real_C.D._Espa%C3%B1a)
| manageryears3 = | managerclubs3 = [Honduras Progreso](/source/C.D._Honduras)
| manageryears4 = 2013– | managerclubs4 = [Sula de La Lima](/source/Sula_de_La_Lima)
| medaltemplates =
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}
{{family name hatnote|Machado|García|lang=Spanish}}
'''Gilberto Leonel Machado García''' (born 23 March 1962) is a retired [Honduran](/source/Honduras) [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder) for [Marathón](/source/C.D._Marath%C3%B3n), [Olimpia](/source/C.D._Olimpia), and [Deportes Progreseño](/source/Deportes_Progrese%C3%B1o) in [Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras](/source/Liga_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Profesional_de_Honduras).
He is the current manager of [Honduran second division](/source/Liga_de_Ascenso_de_Honduras) side [Sula de La Lima](/source/Sula_de_La_Lima).[[http://www.diez.hn/Futbol-de-Primera/Ediciones/2013/07/19/Noticias/La-Liga-de-Ascenso-estara-de-primera La Liga de Ascenso estará de primera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190250/http://www.diez.hn/Futbol-de-Primera/Ediciones/2013/07/19/Noticias/La-Liga-de-Ascenso-estara-de-primera |date=29 October 2013 }} – Diez {{in lang|es}}]
==Club career==
Born in [San Pedro Sula](/source/San_Pedro_Sula), Machado played club football in Honduras. He made his debut for Marathón on 29 July 1979 against Atlético Portuario and scored his first goal on 22 February 1981 against Real España. Machado was the Honduran league's top goal-scorer in 1987, scoring 19 goals for Marathon.[{{cite web|author1=Urbina, Walter |author2=Jerez, Irvin |author3=Rodríguez, René Ivann |title=Honduras – List of Topscorers|publisher=[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation](/source/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hondtops.html|date=30 September 1999}}] He is also Marathon's all-time leading goal-scorer, scoring 78 goals from 1979 to 1991.[{{cite web|publisher=La Prensa|author=Licona, Luis Fernando|title="No creí que mi récord durara tanto": Machado|url=http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2009/05/02/Noticias/No-crei-que-mi-record-durara-tanto-Machado|language=Spanish|date=1 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820225105/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2009/05/02/Noticias/No-crei-que-mi-record-durara-tanto-Machado|archivedate=20 August 2012}}]
In 1991, Machado transferred to [Olimpia](/source/C.D._Olimpia) for one season scoring 4 goals,[[http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2010/09/23/Noticias/Desafie-a-Ismael Desafíe a Ismael] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412221300/http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2010/09/23/Noticias/Desafie-a-Ismael |date=12 April 2013 }} – La Prensa {{in lang|es}}] and then finished his career with Deportes Progreseño.[{{cite web|publisher=La Prensa|title=Leonel Machado: "Sigo esperando la placa de reconocimiento"|url=http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Leonel-Machado-Sigo-esperando-la-placa-de-reconocimiento|language=Spanish|date=3 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}]
==International career==
Machado only played a handful of matches for [Honduras](/source/Honduras_national_football_team). His final international was a June [1991 UNCAF Nations Cup](/source/1991_UNCAF_Nations_Cup) match against [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador_national_football_team).
==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|match played 11 August 2014}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Honduran Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|CONCACAF
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[Marathón](/source/C.D._Marath%C3%B3n)
|[1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|[Honduran Liga Nacional](/source/Liga_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Profesional_de_Honduras)
|5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1981–82](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|18||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|18||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1983–84](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|20||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1984–85](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|23||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1985–86](/source/1985%E2%80%9386_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|23||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1986–87](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|[Honduran Liga Nacional](/source/Liga_Nacional_de_F%C3%BAtbol_Profesional_de_Honduras)
|22||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|35||19||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1988–89](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|30||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|29||8||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1990–91](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Nacional
|27||8||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
|[1991–92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_Honduran_Liga_Nacional)
|Honduran Liga Naciona
|22||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||||
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
!261!!78!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!261!!78
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!261!!78!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!261!!78
|}
===International goals===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{tooltip|N.|Goal number}} !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| align="center" | 1 || 2 June 1991 || [Estadio Ricardo Saprissa](/source/Estadio_Ricardo_Saprissa), [San José](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9%2C_Costa_Rica), United States || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center" | '''2'''–0 || align="center" | 2–0 || [1991 UNCAF Nations Cup](/source/1991_UNCAF_Nations_Cup)
|-
|}
==Managerial career==
After he retired from playing, Machado became a football coach. He has managed [Honduras Progreso](/source/C.D._Honduras) in the [Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras](/source/Liga_Nacional_de_Ascenso_de_Honduras).[{{cite web|publisher=La Prensa|title=Machado: "Tenemos que estar concentrados"|url=http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Machado-Tenemos-que-estar-concentrados|language=Spanish|date=18 November 2012|access-date=20 February 2013|archive-date=22 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122040506/http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-de-Honduras/Machado-Tenemos-que-estar-concentrados|url-status=dead}}]
==Personal life==
Machado is married to Nancy Sobeyda Quintero and the couple have two kids: Leonel Alberto and Andrea Fabiola.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Honduran Liga Nacional awards}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Gilberto}}
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from San Pedro Sula
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Honduran men's footballers
Category:Honduras men's international footballers
Category:C.D. Marathón players
Category:C.D. Olimpia players
Category:Honduran football managers
Category:C.D. Marathón managers
Category:Real C.D. España managers
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