Rodrigo Palacio (photo seebelow) - Argentine professional football player, acting on the forward position in the Italian club Bologna. The height of a football player is 175 centimeters, weight - 66 kg. Known for its speed, dribbling and assisting instinct.
Biography: familiarity with football, early career
Palacio was born on February 5 in 1982 in the cityBahia Blanca, Argentina. He started playing football at the Bella Vista youth club in 1990. Professional career began in the Argentine club Atlético Huracán in 2002. Here he spent just one season, in which he played in 53 games and scored 15 goals.
In the 2003/2004 season, he played for Banfield, in which he took part in 36 games and hit the opponent's goal 9 times.
Career in Argentine Boca Juniors
In 2004, Rodrigo Palacio signed a five-yearcontract with Boca Juniors. Here, the Argentine striker played until 2009 and achieved considerable success. As part of the "Genoese" became the three-time champion of Argentina and winner of such cups as Recopa Sul-Americana (3 times), Copa Sul-Americana (2005) and Copa Libertadores (2007). In the 2005/06 season, he won first place in list of goalscorer of the championship of Argentina with Mauro Zarate (12 goals). In total, he played 131 matches for this club and scored 54 goals.
Career at Genoa
In July 2009, Rodrigo Palacio, statisticsgoals for the match which at that time was one of the best in Argentina, signed an agreement with the Italian Genoa CFC. In Serie A, he debuted on August 23 in a triumphant match against the club Roma (3-2 win). November 5 of the same year, Palacio scored his first goal for the club in the UEFA Cup match against the French "Lille".
In February 2011, in the 26th round of Serie A “Genoa”fought against "Roma". In the course of the fight, the “red-blues” lost with a crushing score of 0: 3, but at a certain point in time the game turned upside down and benefited the hosts. The match ended with the score 4: 3 in favor of the “griffins”, while Rodrigo Palacio scored double.
For three seasons in the "griffins" spent 90 matches and scored 35 goals. For the same period of time received a single red card.
Career in the Italian "Internationale"
May 22, 2012 the president of Genoa EnricoPreziosi confirmed that Argentinean Rodrigo Palacio will join Inter Milan. On June 7, an official transfer took place, amounting to 10.5 million euros. The contract was signed for three years, the amount of the player’s annual salary was set at 2.7 million euros.
Debuts in black and blue in a matchUEFA Champion League vs Croatian Hajduk Split. He scored the first goal of the new team on August 18 in a pre-season friendly match against Athlétique Bizertin (Tunisia).
In the "snakes" played in the period from 2012 to 2017. For this period of time he played in 167 matches and scored 47 goals.
December 18, 2012 in the cup match againstHellas Verona Palacio stood at the gate in place of goalkeeper View Belek who received a red card. The Argentine striker stood at the gate for 15 minutes of the match and kept his goal “dry”. It is worth noting that the attacker parried several serious shots on shots on target. The match ended in favor of the “black and blue” with a score of 2: 0.
17 августа 2017 года 35-летний аргентинский forward Rodrigo Palacio has signed a contract with Bologna for one season. By October 2017, he played 6 official matches for the club and scored two goals in Serie A.
Style of play and football player features
Palacio is a very technical and gifted player.Possesses powerful exact blow and assisting instincts. Argentine is considered a universal striker, because it is able to play in several positions of the line of attack. In the period of performances for Inter, the player often performed the role of “under the attacker” or a winger. In addition to his skills, it can be noted that he has good defensive skills: due to his speed he manages to go back and win the ball from an opponent.
National team appearances
In March 2005, played the first match for the national team.against Mexico. In the same month, on March 25, he took part in the principled match of the qualifying round of the 2006 World Cup against Bolivia (spent 8 minutes on the field). In subsequent years, he was often summoned to the national team, for which he played in major international tournaments.
