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Full name: Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio
Date of birth: February 05, 1982
Birthplace: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Nationality: Argentinian
2nd nationality: Spanish
EU passport: Yes
Height: 175 cms
Weight: 66 kgs
Club: Genoa
Position: Forward [C]
Squad Number: 0
Contract expires: Juni 2013
Previous clubs: Huracan > Banfield > Boca Juniors > (€4.5m) Genoa
International debut: March 2005, v Mexico
International Caps: 4
International Goals: 0
World Cups: Germany 2006 |
Recopa Sudamericana (2005, 2006)
Copa Sudamericana (2005)
Copa Libertadores (2007)
Argentinian Primera División (Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2008)
Argentinian Primera División Top Scorer (Apertura 2006) | |
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1982
Born February 5 in Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
2005
December: Collected 26 votes to finish fifth in the El Pais' South American Player of the Year award.
2006
May: Helps Boca Juniors to win the Argentine championship for the second year running.
September 08: Rodrigo Palacio scored twice in the second half as Argentine Boca Juniors edged São Paulo of Brazil 2-1 in the opening of a two-leg Recopa championship series.
September 14: Scores Boca's first goal in the second leg of the Recopa as he helped the Xeneizes win its third title.
October 10: Barcelona president Joan Laporta has spoken with Boca Juniors about the possibility of signing attacking midfielder Rodrigo Palacio, Boca president Mauricio Macri told him that he will have to pay at least 18 million euros to sign the star, or equal the highest bid if other offers arrive.
December 13: Played in the final of the Argentinian Torneo de Apertura 2006 as Boca Juniors is defeated by Estudiantes with a 2-1 score at the Estadio José Amalfitani.
December 23: Boca Juniors rejected a €19m offer from Barcelona for Rodrigo Palacio.
December 30: Collected 53 votes to finish second in the El Pais' South American Player of the Year award.
2007
June 20: Helped Boca Juniors won their sixth Copa Libertadores title after defeating Gremio 2-0 in Porto Alegre, going on to win the final series 5-0 on aggregate.
July: Squad member of the Argentinian team that reached the Copa America final in Venezuela.
December 16: Part of the Boca Juniors squad that lost the FIFA Club World Cup final after they were defeated by Italian side AC Milan 2-4 in Yokohama, Japan.
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PALACIO
Argentina squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006