Mirko Palazzi

Mirko Palazzi
Palazzi with San Marino against Slovakia (2024)
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Rimini, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Cosmos
Number 24
Youth career
Rimini
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Castelnuovo 1 (0)
2007 Bellaria 0 (0)
2007–2009 Verucchio 55 (1)
2009–2010 Tre Penne 21 (12)
2010–2013 Rimini 52 (4)
2013–2014 Cosenza 21 (0)
2014 Tre Penne 2 (1)
2014–2015 San Marino 8 (0)
2015–2016 Gualdo Casacastalda 24 (2)
2016–2019 Tre Penne 63 (10)
2019–2020 Marignanese
2020 Tre Penne 4 (0)
2020 Marignanese
2020–2021 Cattolica 21 (0)
2021 Tre Penne 0 (0)
2021–2022 Cattolica 17 (0)
2022– Cosmos 53 (0)
International career‡
2005– San Marino 75 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Mirko Palazzi (born 21 March 1987) is an Italian-Sammarinese footballer who plays as a defender for S.S. Cosmos and the San Marino national team.

Career

Born in Rimini, Emilia–Romagna, Italy to an Italian father and a Sammarinese mother,[2] Palazzi started his career at hometown club Rimini. At Rimini he also capped for San Marino, a city state bordering Marche and Romagna region, in the last two matches of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), as well as a game in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying. However Palazzi only played once in 2006–07 Serie C2. Palazzi then played 2 seasons in Serie D for Verucchio, a local side within the Province of Rimini. Palazzi played for Sanmarinese amateur club Tre Penne. He scored two goals in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League before returned to Rimini for the re-established Rimini: A.C. Rimini 1912 which the new entity was admitted Serie D after the old entity was expelled from Lega Pro. A.C. Rimini was promoted in that season as the winner of inter-group promotion playoffs.

Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Palazzi joined Italian club AS San Giovanni Marignanese.[3]

International career

International goals

Scores and results list San Marino's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 2017 Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–4 1–5 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Palazzi works as a Sales Advisor while also playing football.[4]

References

  1. ^ Mirko Palazzi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Mirko Palazzi, dal Castelnuovo al tempio di Wembley con la maglia del San Marino (in Italian)
  3. ^ Calcio Eccellenza: la Marignanese ufficializza bomber Sartori, quasi fatta per Mirko Palazzi, altarimini.it, 8 June 2019
  4. ^ "Instagram".