Mirko Palazzi

Mirko Palazzi
Personal information
Date of birth	21 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Rimini, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Marignanese
Youth career
	Rimini
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Castelnuovo
2007	Bellaria
2007–2009	Verucchio
2009–2010	Tre Penne
2010–2013	Rimini
2013–2014	Cosenza
2014	Tre Penne
2014–2015	San Marino
2015–2016	Gualdo Casacastalda
2016–2019	Tre Penne
2019–2020	Marignanese
2020	Tre Penne
2020–	Marignanese
International career‡
2005–	San Marino
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2020

Mirko Palazzi (born 21 March 1987) is an Italian-born Sammarinese footballer who plays for Marignanese. He is notable for being one of few professional Sammarinese footballers.

Career

Born in Rimini, Emilia–Romagna, Italy to an Italian father and a Sanmarinese mother,^[1] Palazzi started his career at hometown club Rimini. At Rimini he also capped for San Marino, a city state bordering Marche and Romagna region, in the last two matches of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), as well as a game in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. However Palazzi only played once in 2006–07 Serie C2. Palazzi then played 2 seasons in Serie D for Verucchio, a local side within the Province of Rimini. Palazzi played for Sanmarinese amateur club Tre Penne. He scored two goals in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League before returned to Rimini for the re-established Rimini: A.C. Rimini 1912 which the new entity was admitted Serie D after the old entity was expelled from Lega Pro. A.C. Rimini was promoted in that season as the winner of inter-group promotion playoffs.

Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Palazzi joined Italian club AS San Giovanni Marignanese.^[2]

International career

International goals

Scores and results list San Marino's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 2017	Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–4	1–5	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

^ Mirko Palazzi, dal Castelnuovo al tempio di Wembley con la maglia del San Marino (in Italian)
^ Calcio Eccellenza: la Marignanese ufficializza bomber Sartori, quasi fatta per Mirko Palazzi, altarimini.it, 8 June 2019

External links

Mirko Palazzi at National-Football-Teams.com
Football.it Profile (in Italian)

[1] Mirko Palazzi, dal Castelnuovo al tempio di Wembley con la maglia del San Marino (in Italian)

[2] Calcio Eccellenza: la Marignanese ufficializza bomber Sartori, quasi fatta per Mirko Palazzi, altarimini.it, 8 June 2019

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