Inna Palacios

Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios[1] (born February 8, 1994) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Philippines women's national team.[1]

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Beza and the surname or paternal family name is Palacios.
Inna Palacios
Palacios with the Philippines women's national football team in 2022
Personal information
Full name Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios
Date of birth (1994-02-08) February 8, 1994
Place of birth Manila, Philippines,
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kaya
Youth career
2004–2012 Colegio San Agustin – Makati
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 De La Salle University (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kaya
International career‡
2013 Philippines U-19
2012– Philippines 52 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Philippines
AFF Women's Championship
Winner2022 PhilippinesTeam
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2021 VietnamTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:05; 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Inna Palacios was born on February 8, 1994[2] in Manila, Philippines. She started playing football at age 4.[1]

Football career

Youth

Palacios attended Colegio de San Agustin-Makati and won at least 5 MVP awards and some tournaments with her school's football team.[1] She started playing for her school's team at grade 4.[3] Before playing as a goalkeeper, she tried playing as a forward, winger and a defender.[1]

Collegiate

Palacios decided to study at De La Salle University and play for their varsity team. She was scouted by La Salle coach, Hans Smit during her stint with the national team in 2012. She was also scouted by the coaches of Ateneo and University of the Philippines.[3]

On her rookie year with De La Salle, Palacios dealt with several issues that led her to almost quitting from football; the death of her grandmother while she was away from the country while playing for the Philippine national team and recovering from a recurring injury. Smit allowed Palacios to recover physically and emotionally and was able to regain her form.[4] Inna Palacios established herself as the first-choice goalkeeper of her varsity team[3] and was able to receive the best goalkeeper award at UAAP Season 75 and UAAP Season 77 which ended in 2013 and 2015 respectively.[5][6] She scored a goal in her final game for De La Salle.[7]

Club

By 2022, Palacios has been with Kaya F.C., helping the club win the SingaCup in Singapore.[8]

International

In 2007, at age 13, Palacios was called up to play for the Philippine under-16 national team. She was later called up to join the senior national team as part of the reserves that played in an friendly tournament in Hong Kong and also participated at the 2012 AFF Women's Championship.[4] She also played for the under-19 national team at the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.[3]

Palacios is a consistent member of the senior national team. She helped the Philippines qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup which included a crucial 1–1 draw with Bahrain but did not feature any match in the continental tournament itself due to Rabah Benlarbi, who was hired to lead the national team for just the tournament, preferred to field a newcomer instead. She played again for the national team in the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian qualifiers where the Philippines managed to progress from the first round.[4]

Honours

Philippines

References
  1. "Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios - Player Profile". Pinoy Football. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  3. Tamayao, Brian Lance; Alejandro, Tim (November 21, 2012). "Lady Booter rookie goalkeeper, manning the goals". The Lasallian. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. "Inna Palacios and the epitome of Filipina resiliency". Tiebreaker Times. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  5. Manzano, Ronaldo (November 21, 2013). "Booters seek to end championship drought". The Lasallian. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  6. Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (March 8, 2015). "FEU captures three peat in UAAP women's football". Rappler. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  7. Corp., ABS-CBN. "DLSU keeper Inna Palacios gets to score in final UAAP game". ABS-CBN SPORTS.
  8. Verora, Levi Joshua Jr. (October 27, 2022). "How Kaya FC's winning campaign in Singapore benefits women's football". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
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