Marco Antonio Palacios

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Marco Antonio Palacios Redorta (born 6 March 1981 in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a Mexican football player. Many Pumas fans living in the US refer to him as "Sideshow Bob" because of his resemblance to the Simpsons character, while in Mexico he is often known as "Pikolin".

He made his debut with the Club Universidad Nacional Sub-17 Squad at the young age of 16 along with his twin brother Alejandro. He made his professional debut with the Club Universidad Nacional (also known as Universidad Autonoma De Mexico, or U.N.A.M.) at age 21 sporting the jersey number 23, and made it through the ranks by year 2004. In 2005 he was conjuct with Pumas as a regular starter in Copa Sudamericana, but unfortunately he lost his starting position in the regular league games. He has acquired two honors, that of Mexican "Torneo de Clausura" ([Season] Closure Tournament) (2004) and of Torneo de Apertura (2004).He now plays for pumas de la u.n.a.m