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Rodrigo Palacio
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| Rodrigo Palacio | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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."
- Rodrigo Palacio Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com
- Rodrigo "La Joya" Palacio - Fan site
- Rodrigo Palacio.com - Fan site
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Argentina squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists | |
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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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| Boca Juniors - Current Squad |
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1 Bobadilla | 2 Silvestre | 3 Morel Rodríguez | 4 Ibarra | 5 Battaglia | 6 Díaz | 7 Barros Schelotto | 8 Leandro Díaz | 9 Palermo | 10 Riquelme | 11 Marioni | 12 Caranta | 13 García | 14 Palacio | 15 Marino | 16 Orteman | 17 Boselli | 19 Cardozo | 20 Maidana | 22 Cahais | 23 Dátolo | 24 Banega | 25 Migliore | 27 Ledesma | 29 Franzoia | -- Bertolo | -- Clemente Rodríguez | -- Krupoviesa | -- Mondaini | -- Urribarri | Coach: Russo |
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