Rodrigo Palacio

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Personal information
Rodrigo Palacio
Full name	Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio
Date of birth	February 5, 1982
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5'9)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Boca Juniors
Youth clubs
?-2002	Bella Vista
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2003 2003-2004 2005-	Huracán de Tres Arroyos Banfield Boca Juniors	53 (15) 36 (9) 70 (34)
National team²
2005-	Argentina	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of ?. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 30 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (born 1982-02-05 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football (soccer) Striker playing currently for Argentine first division club Boca Juniors.

While a boy, Palacio started playing in local Bella Vista, and then moved to Huracán de Tres Arroyos in 2002. But he would debute professionally short after with Banfield (by that time in first division) in mid 2003. Two seasons later he transferred to Argentine giant Boca Juniors. In Boca he got the attention of Argentine national coach José Pekerman, and was called for the March 2005 friendly match against Mexico.

Rodrigo Palacio won with Boca Juniors the 2006 and 2005 Recopa Sudamericana, the 2005 Copa Sudamericana, 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura Argentine league.

On May 15, 2006 he was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 World Cup by coach José Pekerman and on June 10, 2006 he came on as a substitute in Argentina's 2-1 win against the Ivory Coast for his first ever appearance in a World Cup.

Boca recently rejected a £12.7m offer from Barcelona. Boca's President Mauricio Macri said "For Palacio, we will have to receive the biggest offer in the world because for me he is the best forward in Argentina."

[edit] External links

Rodrigo Palacio Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com

Rodrigo "La Joya" Palacio - Fan site
Rodrigo Palacio.com - Fan site

	Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Abbondanzieri \| 2 Ayala \| 3 Sorín \| 4 Coloccini \| 5 Cambiasso \| 6 Heinze \| 7 Saviola \| 8 Mascherano \| 9 Crespo \| 10 Riquelme \| 11 Tévez \| 12 Franco \| 13 Scaloni \| 14 Palacio \| 15 Milito \| 16 Aimar \| 17 Cufré \| 18 Rodríguez \| 19 Messi \| 20 Cruz \| 21 Burdisso \| 22 González \| 23 Ustari \| Coach: Pekerman