Carlos Palacios (Chilean footballer)

This article is about the Chilean football forward. For the Honduran football defender, see Carlos Palacios (Honduran footballer).

Carlos Palacios
Palacios with Colo-Colo in 2023
Personal information
Full name Carlos Enrique Palacios Núñez
Date of birth (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Renca, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors
Youth career
2009–2012 Santiago Morning[1]
2012–2018 Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Unión Española 58 (10)
2021–2022 → Internacional (loan) 29 (0)
2022–2024 Vasco da Gama 24 (1)
2023–2024 → Colo-Colo (loan) 34 (9)
2024 Colo-Colo 12 (5)
2025– Boca Juniors 0 (0)
International career‡
2020– Chile 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Carlos Enrique Palacios Núñez (born 20 July 2000) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine club Boca Juniors and the Chile national team.

Club career

Palacios is a youth product of Unión Española and made his professional debut with the team in 19 February 2018 in a 1–1 draw against Deportes Antofagasta.[2] He scored his first in 5 October 2019 in a 1–1 draw against Universidad de Concepción.[3]

On March 22, 2021, he was announced as a new player for Brazilian Série A side Internacional[4] on a deal for a year on loan from Unión Española and a transfer promise for additional three years.[5]

Following Internacional, Palacios switched to Vasco da Gama in April 2022.[6] The next year, he was loaned out to Chilean club Colo-Colo.[7] In the second half of 2024, Colo-Colo purchased 50% of the rights of the player.[8][9] The next year, Palacios moved to Argentine club Boca Juniors.[10][11]

International career

In November 2020, he received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Venezuela,[12] making his international debut in the match against Venezuela.

Career statistics

Club

As of 10 November 2024.[13]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unión Española 2017 Chilean Primera División 0 0 — 0 0 — — 0 0
2018 14 0 — 3 0 0[a] 0 — 17 0
2019 5 2 — 1 0 — — 6 2
2020 33 8 — — — — 33 8
2021 0 0 — 0 0 2[b] 0 — 2 0
Total 52 10 — 4 0 2 0 — 58 10
Internacional (loan) 2021 Série A 20 0 8[c] 0 0 0 6[b] 0 — 34 0
2022 0 0 1[c] 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 20 0 9 0 0 0 6 0 — 35 0
Vasco da Gama 2022 Série B 24 1 — — — — 24 1
Colo-Colo 2023 Chilean Primera División 23 7 — 7 5 5[d] 1 0 0 35 13
2024 23 7 — 4 2 14[b] 3 1[e] 1 42 13
Total 46 14 — 11 7 19 4 1 1 77 26
Career total 142 25 9 0 15 7 27 4 1 1 194 37
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the Campeonato Gaúcho
  4. ^ Three appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, two appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. ^ Appearance in Supercopa de Chile

International

As of match played on 10 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2020 1 0
2021 6 0
2024 3 0
Total 10 0

Honors

Colo-Colo

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Palacios es destacado como el 'wonderkid' chileno en Inglaterra" [Carlos Palacios is nicknamed as "The Chilean wonderkid" in England] (in Spanish). EnCancha.cl. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Unión Española vs. Deportes Antofagasta - 19 February 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Carlos Palacios y su primer gol en el profesionalismo: "Tengo que seguir haciendo las cosas bien"". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). 5 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ @SCInternacional (22 March 2021). "Bem-vindo, Palacios!" (Tweet) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Inter contrata atacante Carlos Palacios". internacional.com.br (in Portuguese). Sport Club Internacional. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Carlos Palacios se convirtió en el nuevo fichaje de Vasco da Gama". OneFootball (in Spanish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Fichaje de Carlos Palacios por Colo Colo: contrato, valor, sueldo, negociación con Vasco y de qué juega el refuerzo". Goal (in Spanish). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Colo Colo se abre a negociar por Carlos Palacios a fines de este año". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Colo-Colo le abrió la puerta a la venta de Palacios a Boca en 2025 - TyC Sports". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Carlos Palacios estuvo en la Bombonera y fue anunciado oficialmente por Boca". Olé (in Spanish). 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  11. ^ El mensaje de despedida de Colo Colo para Carlos Palacios tras concretarse su pase a Boca on Directvsports.com
  12. ^ "Nómina de la Selección Chilena para los duelos por Eliminatorias ante Perú y Venezuela". LaRoja.cl. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  13. ^ Carlos Palacios at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 March 2021.

Carlos Palacios at Soccerway

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