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Rodrigo Palacio
	Rodrigo Palacio
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio
Date of birth	5 February 1982 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker / Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Genoa
Number	8
Youth career
-2002	Bella Vista
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 15:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC).; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 13:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (born 5 February 1982 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Genoa C.F.C.. He plays as a second striker and winger. One of his greatest skills is his speed, which he utilises very effectively down the flanks. He is son of Jose Ramon Palacio, a historic player of Olimpo de Bahia Blanca in the 80's.^{[citation needed]}

[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

Palacio (foreground) celebrates a goal with Palermo (background)

Palacio soon transferred to Argentine giant Boca Juniors in 2005. With Boca Juniors, Rodrigo Palacio has won the Recopa Sudamericana in 2005 , 2006 and 2008, the 2005 Copa Sudamericana, 2005 Apertura and 2006 Clausura Argentine league, plus he helped Boca Juniors win its sixth Copa Libertadores in 2007.

Rodrigo's perfmances in the 2008 Copa Libertadores helped Boca Juniors from being knocked out in the group stage, scoring against Mexico's Atlas and Chile's Colo-Colo, and eventually reached the semi-finals where they would lose to Brazil's Fluminense. Rodrigo would then go on to win the Recopa Sudamericana and 2008 Torneo Apertura with Boca Juniors.

[edit] Genoa

On 17 July 2009 signed a four-year contract with Genoa C.F.C. to replace Diego Milito and help out his fellow Argentine Hernan Crespo.^[1]

[edit] International career

Rodrigo's performances for Boca got the attention of Argentine national coach José Pekerman and was called up for the March 2005 friendly match against Mexico.

On 15 May 2006 he was named as a definite squad member for the 2006 World Cup by coach José Pekerman and on 10 June 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^[2]. His contunued outstanding performances at Boca helped him earned a spot in the Argentine squad for the Copa America 2007.

On 15 June 2008 Palacio scored his first goal wearing the Argentine colours in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ecuador, equalising in the last seconds of added time to earn a 1-1 draw.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2005 Apertura	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2006	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2006 Clausura	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2007	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2008	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2008	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

[edit] References

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
(Italian) Rodrigo Palacio career and video
Rodrigo "La Joya" Palacio - Fan site
Rodrigo Palacio.com - Fan site
Rodrigo Palacio World Cup stats and timeline at FootballDatabase.com
Video of goal

[0] Palacio nach Genua

[1] BBC match report

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