Rodrigo Palacio

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Rodrigo Palacio
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio
Date of birth February 5, 1982 (1982-02-05) (age 26)
Place of birth    Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Boca Juniors
Number 14
Youth clubs
 ?-2002 Bella Vista
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002-2003
2003-2004
2005-		 Huracán de Tres Arroyos
Banfield
Boca Juniors		 053 (15)
036 0(9)
109 (46)   
National team2
2005- Argentina 6 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18 May 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 09:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (born 5 February 1982 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilises very effectively down the flanks.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early career

While a boy, Palacio started playing in local Bella Vista and then moved to Huracán de Tres Arroyos in 2002, but he would debut professionally shortly thereafter with Banfield (by that time in first division) in mid 2003.

[edit] Boca Juniors

Rodrigo celebrates his goal against Newell's Old Boys.
Rodrigo celebrates his goal against Newell's Old Boys.

Palacio soon transferred to Argentine giant Boca Juniors in 2005. In Boca he got the attention of Argentine national coach José Pekerman and was called up for the March 2005 friendly match against Mexico.

With Boca Juniors, Rodrigo Palacio has won 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[1].

His performance helped Boca Juniors win its sixth Copa Libertadores in 2007 and earned him a spot in the Argentina squad for the Copa America 2007.

[edit] Titles

Season Country Club Title
2005 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Recopa Sudamericana
2005 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Copa Sudamericana
2005 Apertura Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Primera Division Argentina
2006 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Recopa Sudamericana
2006 Clausura Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Primera Division Argentina
2007 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Copa Libertadores

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC match report

[edit] External links

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Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
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
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Argentina squad - 2007 Copa América
1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Díaz • 4 Ibarra • 5 Gago • 6 Heinze • 7 Palacio • 8 Zanetti • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Carrizo • 13 González • 14 Mascherano • 15 G.Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Burdisso • 18 Messi • 19 Cambiasso • 20 Verón • 21 D.Milito • 22 Orión • Coach: Basile
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Boca Juniors – current squad

1 Caranta • 2 Forlín • 3 Morel Rodríguez • 4 Ibarra • 5 Battaglia • 6 Cáceres • 7 Mouche • 8 Ledesma • 9 Palermo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Gracián • 12 García • 13 Roncaglia • 14 Palacio • 15 González • 16 Muñoz • 17 Boselli • 18 Monzón • 19 Cardozo • 20 Maidana • 21 Chávez • 22 Vargas • 23 Dátolo • 24 Benavídez • 25 Migliore • 26 Castromán • 28 Ibáñez • 29 Paletta • 30 Nayar • 31 Ayala • 32 Fondacaro • 33 Noir • 34 Viatri • 35 Gaitán • Coach: Ischia