| Abdiel Ayarza | |
| Full Name: | Abdiel Armando Ayarza Cocanegra |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Colón, Panama |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Cienciano |
| Years1: | 2016–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Santa Gema |
| Caps1: | 58 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | CAI |
| Caps2: | 24 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Cienciano |
| Caps3: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 15 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Cusco FC |
| Caps4: | 52 |
| Goals4: | 21 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | Cienciano |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Panama U22 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Panama |
| Nationalcaps2: | 29 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 17:42, 7 June 2022 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 21:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC) |
Abdiel Armando Ayarza Cocanegra (born 12 September 1992) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Cienciano and the Panama national team.
On 24 July 2019, Ayarza signed with Cienciano in Peru after being named the best player in the 2018–19 season of the Liga Panameña de Fútbol.[1] Ayarza made his professional debut with Cienciano on 2 February 2020 in a 2–1 Peruvian Primera División defeat to Academia Cantolao.[2]
Ayarza made his debut for the Panama national team in a 3–1 CONCACAF Nations League loss against Mexico on 15 October 2019.[3]
He scored his first goal in a 1–0 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 October 2020,[4] and his second three days later, against the same opponent and with the same outcome.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 4 | ||
As of match played 17 October 2023. Panama score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ayarza goal.[5]
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Cap | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition | scope=col class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 10 October 2020 | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 13 October 2020 | [6] | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 20 | 16 January 2022 | Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru | 1–1 | 1–1 | [7] | |||||||||||
| 4 | 22 | 17 October 2023 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2023 CONCACAF Nations League |
Santa Gema
CAI
2019 Clausura
Cusco F.C.