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Martín Palermo (born November 7, 1973 in La Plata) is a Argentine professional footballer currently playing for Boca Juniors of Argentina. Nicknamed "El Loco", he has also played in Argentina for Estudiantes de La Plata as well as in Spain in La Liga for Villarreal CF, Real Betis, and Deportivo Alavés.
[edit] Club careerHis career started slowly at Estudiantes de La Plata and it was not until he transferred to Boca Juniors that he won international recognition due to his impressive goal average, and his excellent performances in international matches, because of this success at least three European teams (Lazio, Real Betis and Milan) had him in their sights.[1] But on November 13, 1999 on a game against Colón, he had a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee, before he left the game and without him knowing the seriousness of the injury, he managed to score his 100 goal in the Argentine First Division[2]. The injury required a six-month recovery period. On May 24, 2000, he returned to football after more than six months of inactivity after his first major injury. He played the last fifteen minutes of the quarterfinal match of the Copa Libertadores against River Plate, and scored the goal that sealed the victory with what he called "the most emotional goal of my career," leaving the score at 3–0 to Boca Juniors (the first match ended 1–2). Boca Juniors fans consider him an idol, not only because of the number of goals he has scored for the team, but also for scoring many important goals against Boca's arch rivals River Plate. The peak of his career was probably the Intercontinental Cup in 2000, when he scored two goals in Boca's 2–1 victory over Real Madrid, catching the attention of football clubs in Spain. [edit] Spell in SpainPalermo signed with the up an coming team Villarreal of the Spanish La Liga on January 19, 2001 in a €7.600.000 transfer.[3][4] In his second season with the team on November 29, after celebrating a goal, Palermo stood on a small concrete wall, which collapsed under the weight of Villarreal's fans and broke both the tibia and fibula of his left leg,[5] leading to two months of inactivity. Palermo never regained his form and after two and half seasons with Villarreal, on August 20, 2003, he decided to cut his ties with the club.[6] The following day on August 21, Martín signed a contract with Real Betis,[7] but on March of 2004 after very little success with the club he decided to cut his ties with Real Betis. Later that month he signed with Deportivo Alavés of the Spanish Segunda División.[8] [edit] Back to Boca JuniorsOn July 13, 2004, after 3 and a half years of playing in Spain for 3 different teams (Villarreal, Real Betis, and Deportivo Alavés), Palermo returned to Boca Juniors.[9] Later that year on December 17, Martín scored his 100 goal with Boca on the final of the 2004 Copa Sudamericana a 2–0 victory over Bolívar.[10] Palermo back in form kept himself among the best scorers of the Argentine league, scoring 11 goals in three consecutive tournaments (2006 Clausura, 2006 Apertura and top scorer of the 2007 Clausura). During the 2007 Clausura tournament he had several memorable moments the first came on February 25, when he scored a half pitch goal on the dying seconds of a 3–1 victory over Independiente,[11] a couple of weeks later on March 10 he scored three goals against his former team Estudiantes in a 3–1 Boca victory at La Plata, and he didn't celebrate any of them.[12] It was the fourth hat-trick of his career. A game later, on March 18, he scored a career high of four goals in the 5–1 victory against Gimnasia de la Plata,[13] Estudiantes de La Plata's archi-rivals. The following season the 2007 Apertura, he continue to be among the Argentine league top scores with 13 goals. His best game that season came on September 16, in a game against Banfield, in which Martin scored four goals, in the 6–0 Boca victory.[14] Palermo scored his fifth career hat-trick in a 3–0 Boca Juniors victory, this was a must win game that was played in Jalisco, Mexico, against Atlas on May 21, 2008.[15]  At the beginning of the 2008 Apertura, on August 24 he suffered yet another serious injury, this time he injured the anterior cruciate and tore the medial collateral ligament during the 2–1 victory against Lanús, with an expected recovery period of 5 to 8 months[16]. After this was known, Argentine coach at that time Alfio Basile commented that he had chosen him to play for the national team for the following match in the World Cup qualifiers[17] Palermo's first goal since his injury came on his fourth game back, during a 3–1 victory over Huracán on March 1 in the 2009 Clausura, this was Martín Palermo's 195 goal with Boca Juniors, breaking Francisco Varallo record of 194 goals in the professional era.[18] Almost two months after on April 30, Martín scored a bicycle kick goal, which gave him 200 goals with Boca Juniors, in a 3–0 victory against Deportivo Táchira.[19] During the 2009 Apertura, on October 4 in a game against Vélez Sársfield, Martín Palermo scored a very special goal (a header that travelled around 38.9 meters), this goal gave him 200 goals in the Argentine First Division and also gave Boca a 3–2 victory.[20] [edit] International careerWith the Argentine national team he played ten matches, and scored six goals. He is featured in the Guiness Book of World Records for missing three penalties for Argentina in a single international match against Colombia for the Copa América 1999. The first penalty rebounded off the crossbar, whilst the second went over, causing TV commentators to remark, "Even higher than the first one." Though the third was on target it was saved by Miguel Calero. It seemed that his international career had finished in 1999 with no further call ups, but in 2008 national coach Alfio Basile stated that he was very disappointed that Palermo had suffered an injury, because he had been considering offering him a return to international football.[21]. Current Argentine coach Maradona recalled Palermo to the national team and introduced him as a substitute in the 2010 World Cup qualifying game against Paraguay after a 10 year exile from the international scene.[22] A couple of weeks later he was once again called up to play a Friendly match against Ghana.[23] For this game Palermo was part of the starting eleven and Martín made the most of it by scoring the only goals of the game which Argentina won 2–0.[24] Martín's next game was on October 10, for a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Peru. Palermo sealed a 2–1 victory for Argentina with a 93rd minute strike.[25] After the game Maradona described the goal as "One more miracle of Saint Palermo."[26] [edit] Achievements[edit] Team
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