Exequiel Palacios

Exequiel Alejandro Palacios (Spanish pronunciation: [ekseˈkjel paˈla.sjos]; born 5 October 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Argentina national team. He was a member of the Argentina team that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Exequiel Palacios
Palacios with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022
Personal information
Full name Exequiel Alejandro Palacios[1]
Date of birth (1998-10-05) 5 October 1998
Place of birth Famaillá, Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2015 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 River Plate 48 (4)
2020– Bayer Leverkusen 63 (7)
International career‡
2015 Argentina U17 10 (1)
2017 Argentina U20 3 (0)
2018– Argentina 25 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner2022 Qatar
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:15, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Palacios is a youth exponent from Club Atlético River Plate. He made his league debut on 8 November 2015 against Newell's Old Boys.[2]

Palacios made his final appearance for his boyhood club in the final of the Copa Argentina on 13 December 2019, playing 79 minutes of a 3–0 victory over Central Córdoba.[3]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 16 December 2019, Bayer Leverkusen announced that Palacios would join the club on 1 January 2020, signing a five-and-a-half year deal.[4]

International career

Palacios made his international debut for Argentina on 8 September 2018 in a 3–0 international friendly against the Guatemala national football team.[5]

On 12 November 2020, Palacios fractured a bone in his spine during a 1–1 draw with Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier and was expected be out for three months. Palacios sustained the injury in an aerial duel with Angel Romero in the first half of the contest at La Bombonera and was replaced by Giovani Lo Celso, who took the corner from which Nicolas Gonzalez headed home Argentina's equaliser.[6]

On 10 July 2021, Palacios played as a second-half substitute in Argentina's 1–0 victory over Brazil in the Copa América final.[7] During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Palacios featured in a 2–0 win over Mexico in the group stage phase, in addition to the matches which ended in a 2–1 victory over Australia in the round of 16, and in a 3–0 win over Croatia in their semi-finals.[8]

Personal life

Palacios initially was noticed by the media in August 2018 with his well publicized relationship with Instagram model Sol Pérez. It quickly became public though that around the same time Palacios and Pérez had started their relationship, Palacios had also begun dating amateur actress, singer, and dancer Juliana Orellano. Both Pérez and Orellano quickly ended their relationship with Palacios after finding out that he was dating the other. There was more drama however as on 21 August it became known that Palacios had been in relationship with a neighborhood friend Karen Gramajo, a manicurist, for four years.[9] All three women angrily took to social media to protest Palacios' disloyalty.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 August 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate 2015 Argentine Primera División 10–––10
2016 Argentine Primera División 10–––10
2016–17 Argentine Primera División 801110–101
2017–18 Argentine Primera División 923030–152
2018–19 Argentine Primera División 1419213140404
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 1516240–253
Total 484195211409210
Bayer Leverkusen 2019–20 Bundesliga 302020—70
2020–21 Bundesliga 902020—130
2021–22 Bundesliga 2322071—323
2022–23 Bundesliga 2541081—345
2023–24 Bundesliga 001000—10
Total 60680192—878
Career total 108102754034017918

International
As of match played 19 June 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201820
201920
202020
2021110
202260
202320
Total250

Honours

River Plate[11]

Argentina

References
  1. "Exequiel Alejandro Palacios News & Career". CopaLibertadores.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. "River Plate vs. Newell's Old Boys – 8 November 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. "Central Córdoba (SdE) 0-3 River". Copa Argentina (in Spanish). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. "Bayer 04 sign Exequiel Palacios". Bayer Leverkusen. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. "Argentina vs. Guatemala - 8 September 2018 - Soccerway".
  6. "Argentina's Palacios suffers fractured spine following aerial challenge". ESPN. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  7. "Argentina 1–0 Brazil". The Guardian. 11 July 2021.
  8. "World Cup winner Palacios: 'Grateful to everybody at Bayer 04'". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 3 January 2023.
  9. "¿Otra amante de Exequiel Palacios?". Olé.com (in Spanish). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  10. "Sol Pérez se olvidó de Exequiel Palacios y subió una foto infernal para que la extrañe". BolaVip (in Spanish). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  11. "E. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  12. "Palacios, Exequiel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  13. "COPA LIBERTADORES 2019". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. "RECOPA SUDAMERICANA 2019". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  15. Murray, Scott (18 December 2022). "Argentina beat France on penalties after thrilling World Cup final – live reaction". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  16. Graham, Bryan Armen (11 July 2021). "Argentina 1-0 Brazil: Copa América final – live!". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  17. "Italy 0–3 Argentina: Messi and Di Maria shine in impressive Finalissima win". BBC Sport. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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