AZAM have confirmed their third signing after announcing the capture of Colombian midfielder Ever Meza from Leones.

He has signed a four-year deal from Leones who play in the Colombian topflight.

The club took to their social media channels to announce their latest South American acquisition on Saturday night.

“Azam FC is happy to introduce Ever Meza, as our new midfielder, signing from Colombian club, Leones.

“Meza, a Colombian citizen born on July 21, 2000, was on loan at Alianza FC, also from Colombia. He has signed a four-year contract that will keep him at Azam Complex until 2028.”

Meza, 23, joins the Ivorian duo of attacking midfielder Franck Tiesse and defender Yoro Mamadou Diaby as Azam continue to strengthen their squad for next season.

The right-footed defensive midfielder, who can also feature in the right full-back, was loaned out to Allianza FC at the start of this year.

At Allianza, he managed to play 20 games including six in Copa Sudamericana. 

Copa Sudamericana is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America.

It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. 

It is the equivalent to Africa’s CAF Confederation Cup which Azam participated this season and got eliminated in the preliminary round by Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar.

The other clubs he turned out for include Envigado, Llaneros FC and Cúcuta Dep. Azam will be his first club outside South America.

Meza joins attacking midfielder Franklin Navarro and centre-back Yeison Fuentes as the Colombians at Azam.

Azam are guaranteed of continental football next season. They are second in the table, level on points with Simba ahead of tomorrow’s final league game of the season.

Thanks to a superior goal difference, they hold an advantage over third-placed Simba in the race for the final CAF Champions League spot.

With a superior goal difference of +40 to Simba’s +32, Azam go into the last day of the season with their fate in their own hands.

They need to win their last match against Geita Gold to earn the right to join champions Young Africans as Mainland Tanzania's representatives in the CAF Champions League next season.