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Rodrigo Palacio
File:Palermo-Palacio-2006.jpg
Rodrigo Palacio (forefront) with Martín Palermo while at Boca Juniors.
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio
Date of birth (1982-02-05) 5 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Second Striker
Team information
Current team
 Internazionale
Number TBA
Youth career
1990–2002 Bella Vista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Huracán (TA) 53 (15)
2003–2005 Banfield 36 (9)
2005–2009 Boca Juniors 185 (82)
2009–2012 Genoa 100 (41)
2012– Internazionale 0 (0)
International career‡
2005– Argentina 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (born 5 February 1982 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer of Spanish descent currently playing for Serie A club Internazionale. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilizes very effectively down the flanks. He is son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of Olimpo de Bahia Blanca in the 80's.[1] Palacio holds a Spanish passport.[2]

Club career

Early career

While a boy, Palacio started playing in local Bella Vista de Bahía Blanca and then moved to Huracán de Tres Arroyos in 2002, but he would debut professionally shortly thereafter with Banfield, who had been promoted to Argentina's Premier League after winning the 2000–2001 Second Division, in mid 2003. In early 2004 Palacio underwent a 15 day trial for Spain's, Real Betis. He eventually met the expectations of the club and was asked to return in June that same year. However, Palacio continued with his contract at Banfield and did not return to Spain.[3] Palacio was a part of Banfield with his future Boca Juniors team mates; Jesús Dátolo and Gabriel Paletta.

Boca Juniors

In the summer of 2005 Palacio transferred to Boca Juniors. Palacio managed to make his impact in the second half of 2005 where which Boca Juniors went on to win the Recopa Sudamericana and the Apertura tournament. The following year, Palacio, who was partnered up front with Martin Palermo and Guillermo Barros Schelotto, scored many goals for the dedication of his team when they took out the Apertura tournament, including what was known as one of his most important goals in the final game of the tournament against Independiente. In the Recopa Sudamerciana of 2006 Palacio scored a total of 3 goals in the two-legged final to take home the title, for the second year in a row, against Brazil's São Paulo. 2007 proved to be his most successful year at the club, with the help of Roman Riquelme who had been loaned to Boca Juniors from Villareal, Boca would go on to win the 2007 Copa Libertadores. Palacio, who had scored four goals in total, managed to score two goals in Boca's 7–0 thrashing of Bolivia's Bolívar in a required win to progress to the knock-out stages.[4] Along with Riquelme, Palacio had scored in a 2–0 second-leg win against Paraguay's Libertad in the quarter-final stages. Ultimately, he had opened the scoring after 18 minutes in Boca's 3–0 first-leg victory over Brazil's Gremio in the final. Boca went on to win the second-leg courtesy of two goals from Roman Riquelme.

In December, Palacio participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Palacio had played in Boca's 1–0 win against Étoile du Sahel on December 12.[5] On December 16 he would score an equalizer to make the scores 1–1 against Milan as the Italian side eventually won the game at 4–2.[6] Palacio then took out the trophy of the Bronze Ball of the tournament, being ranked as the third best player behind Clarence Seedorf and Ricardo Kaka. Palacio's performance in the 2008 Copa Libertadores helped Boca from being knocked out in the group stage by scoring twice against Mexico's Atlas in a 3–0 home victory and the third goal in Boca's dramatic 4–3 win against Chile's Colo-Colo. On May 7, 2008 Palacio scored in a 2–1 second-leg win against Brazil's Cruzeiro. Boca eventually reached the semi-final stage where they would lose to Brazil's Fluminense. Despite a minor injury that would see him sidelined for a small portion of the second half of the year, Palacio would then go on to win the Recopa Sudamericana against Arsenal de Sarandí, scoring one goal in the first-leg and another goal in the second-leg, and the Torneo Apertura, after the titled had to be fought out by the top three team's that were equal on points, Boca, San Lorenzo and Tigre. The championship play-offs were all held at Racing de Avellaneda's stadium in a round-robin format were on December 20, 2008 Palacio would score in a 3–1 win against San Lorenzo to help claim the title.[7]

Genoa

On July 17, 2009 Palacio signed a four-year contract with Genoa for €2.81m[8] to replace Diego Milito and help out his fellow Argentine Hernan Crespo.[9] Along side Crespo, Palacio had joined another Argentine, Luciano Figueroa, who had been on loan with him at Boca Juniors throughout 2008. During his first few months, Palacio would miss out on two matches after suffering a small ankle injury. On November 5, 2009 Palacio scored his first goal with Genoa, on a 3–2 victory over Lille on the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League competition.[10]

Internazionale

On 22 May 2012, Genoa president Enrico Preziosi confirmed that Palacio would become an Internazionale player for the 2012-13 season.[11]

International career

Palacio's performances for Boca got the attention of Argentine national coach José Pekerman, he debuted for Argentina on March 9, 2005 in a 1–1 draw against Mexico. On March 26, 2005 he played in a 2–1 win against Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier. On May 15, 2006 Palacio was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 World Cup by coach José Pekerman and on June 10 he came on as a 60th minute substitute in Argentina's 2–1 win in their opening group stage match against the Ivory Coast.[12]

During 2007 Palacio was regularly included in the national team, he continued his outstanding performances at club level which helped him earned a spot for Argentina at the 2007 Copa America. In a warm-up friendly prior to the tournament, Palacio played in a 0–0 draw against Chile. Palacio would start in Argentina's final group stage match and 1–0 victory against Paraguay as Argentina topped the group on 9 points. Palacio was a 78th minute substitute onto the field against Mexico in Argentina's 3–0 semi-final victory as Argentina would eventually go on to lose 3–0 to Brazil in the final.

On June 15, 2008 during a World Cup qualifier, Palacio was substituted on to the field in the 85th minute and scored an equalizer in the 93rd minute against Ecuador in a 1–1 draw.[13] Three days later, on June 18, 2008 he was also substituted onto the field in the 90th minute against Brazil, however, the match ended at 0–0.[14]

Honours

Boca Juniors
Individual

References

  1. ^ "El partido en el que los Palacio tendrán sensaciones encontradas" (in Spanish). Diario Perfil. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Napoli: blitz per Rodrigo Palacio. Lazio e Barça stanno a guardare". TMW (in Italian). 24 June 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Palacio
  4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Libertadores_2007_-_Group_7
  5. ^ http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2007/results/match=61298/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2007/results/match=61295/index.html
  7. ^ http://www.afa.org.ar/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=94
  8. ^ Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2009 Template:It icon
  9. ^ Palacio nach Genua
  10. ^ "Sculli seals late win for Genoa". UEFA.com. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  11. ^ "Genoa president: Palacio will be an Inter player next season". Goal.com. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  12. ^ BBC match report
  13. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300035291/report.html
  14. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/southamerica/matches/round=250491/match=300035296/report.html

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