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Martín Palermo
	Palermo in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Martín Palermo
Date of birth	7 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Platense (manager)
Youth career
	Estudiantes de La Plata
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1997	Estudiantes de La Plata
1997–2001	Boca Juniors
2001–2003	Villarreal
2003–2004	Betis
2004	Alavés
2004–2011	Boca Juniors
Total
National team
1999–2010	Argentina
Teams managed
2012–2013	Godoy Cruz
2014–2015	Arsenal de Sarandí
2016–2018	Unión Española
2019	Pachuca
2020–2021	Curicó Unido
2021–2022	Aldosivi
2023–	Platense
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Martín Palermo (born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Boca Juniors and Argentina national team.

Career statistics

Club

Source:^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Estudiantes	1991–92	Clausura	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	1992–93	Apertura	2	0	—		1^[a]	0	—		10	1
	1992–93	Clausura	7	1	—		1^[a]	0	—		10	1
	1993–94	Apertura	10	0	—		1^[a]	0	—		18	1
	1993–94	Clausura	7	1	—		1^[a]	0	—		18	1
	1994–95	Primera B	3	0	—		2^[a]	0	—		5	0
	1995–96	Apertura	8	6	—		—		—		27	17
	1995–96	Clausura	19	11	—		—		—		27	17
	1996–97	Apertura	19	6	—		2^[a]	2	—		38	17
	1996–97	Clausura	17	9	—		2^[a]	2	—		38	17
	Total		93	34	—		6	2	—		99	36
Boca Juniors	1997–98	Apertura	17	8	—		4^[a]	1	—		36	21
	1997–98	Clausura	15	12	—		4^[a]	1	—		36	21
	1998–99	Apertura	19	20	—		4^[b]	3	—		39	35
	1998–99	Clausura	16	12	—		4^[b]	3	—		39	35
	1999–2000	Apertura	13	14	—		5^[b]	2	—		26	21
	1999–2000	Clausura	4	4	—		4^[c]	1	—		26	21
	2000–01	Apertura	18	11	—		4^[b]	1	1^[d]	2	23	14
	Total		102	81	—		21	8	1	2	124	91
Villarreal	2000–01	La Liga	17	6	—		—		—		17	6
	2001–02	La Liga	19	5	2	2	—		—		21	7
	2002–03	La Liga	34	7	1	1	8^[e]	0	—		43	8
	Total		70	18	3	3	8	0	—		81	21
Real Betis	2003–04	La Liga	11	1	1	0	—		—		12	1
Alavés	2003–04	Segunda	14	3	—		—		—		14	3
Boca Juniors	2004–05	Apertura	13	6	—		6^[f]	3	1^[g]	0	40	21
	2004–05	Clausura	12	6	—		9^[c]	6	1^[g]	0	40	21
	2005–06	Apertura	16	7	—		7^[f]	4	—		43	22
	2005–06	Clausura	19	11	—		7^[f]	4	—		43	22
	2006–07	Apertura	16	11	—		1^[f]	0	2^[g]	1	47	27
	2006–07	Clausura	16	11	—		12^[c]	4	2^[g]	1	47	27
	2007–08	Apertura	19	13	—		2^[f]	2	2^[h]	0	49	32
	2007–08	Clausura	14	10	—		12^[c]	7	2^[h]	0	49	32
	2008–09	Apertura	2	0	—		7^[c]	5	1^[g]	1	25	13
	2008–09	Clausura	15	7	—		7^[c]	5	1^[g]	1	25	13
	2009–10	Apertura	17	6	—		2^[f]	0	—		38	16
	2009–10	Clausura	19	10	—		2^[f]	0	—		38	16
	2010–11	Apertura	19	8	—		—		—		38	14
	2010–11	Clausura	19	6	—		—		—		38	14
	Total		216	112	—		58	31	6	2	280	145
Career total			506	249	4	3	93	41	7	4	610	297

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Supercopa Sudamericana
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Copa Mercosur
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Copa Libertadores
↑ Intercontinental Cup
↑ UEFA Intertoto Cup
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Copa Sudamericana
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Recopa Sudamericana
↑ FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Argentina
	1999	7	3
	2000	0	0
	2001	0	0
	2002	0	0
	2003	0	0
	2004	0	0
	2005	0	0
	2006	0	0
	2007	0	0
	2008	0	0
	2009	3	3
	2010	5	3
Total		15	9

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 July 1999	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay	Ecuador	2–0	3–1	1999 Copa América
2.	1 July 1999	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay	Ecuador	3–0	3–1	1999 Copa América
3.	7 July 1999	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay	Uruguay	2–0	2–0	1999 Copa América
4.	30 September 2009	Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina	Ghana	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5.	30 September 2009	Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina	Ghana	2–0	2–0	Friendly
6.	10 October 2009	El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Peru	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	10 February 2010	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina	Jamaica	1–1	2–1	Friendly
8.	5 May 2010	El Coloso del Ruca Quimey, Cutral Có, Argentina	Haiti	2–0	4–0	Friendly
9.	22 June 2010	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa	Greece	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 30 October 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Godoy Cruz		27 November 2012	31 December 2013	44	14	17	13	44	38	+6	031.82
Arsenal		16 April 2014	19 April 2015	36	11	10	15	45	50	−5	030.56
Unión Española		1 June 2016	3 November 2018	93	39	28	26	136	117	+19	041.94
Pachuca		25 January 2019	31 December 2019	39	15	11	13	64	49	+15	038.46
Curicó Unido		27 November 2020	25 July 2021	27	4	8	15	28	44	−16	014.81
Aldosivi		28 September 2021	31 May 2022	27	12	5	10	31	35	−4	044.44
Platense		1 January 2023	present	40	14	12	14	39	42	−3	035.00
Career totals				306	109	91	106	387	375	+12	035.62

Honours

Player

Estudiantes

Primera B Nacional: 1994–95

Boca Juniors

Individual

Primera División top scorer: 1998 Apertura (20 goals, short tournament record), 2007 Clausura
Boca Juniors top scorer: 1998 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
South American Footballer of the Year: 1998
South American Team of the Year: 1998, 2000^[2]
Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 2000
American Golden Shoe: 2007 (shared with Giancarlo Maldonado)^[3]
Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best football players of the last decade in Argentina: 2010^[4]

Manager

Unión Española

Chilean Primera División: Runner-up 2017

Records and facts

First professional match: 5 July 1992 Clausura. (San Lorenzo 0–0 Estudiantes)^[5]
First professional goal: 22 May 1993 Clausura. (Estudiantes 3–0 San Martín de Tucumán)^[6]
First International match: 3 February 1999. (Venezuela 0–2 Argentina)^[7]
First International goal: 1 July 1999. (Ecuador 1–3 Argentina)^[8]
First European professional match: 4 February 2001. (Villarreal 2–0 Alavés)^[9]
First European professional goal: 11 February 2001. (Oviedo 1–3 Villarreal)^[10]
He is in the Guinness book of records for having missed three penalty kicks in the same match, against Colombia in the 1999 Copa América.
Palermo holds an Italian passport, which enables him to play as a UEFA player.^[11]
World Cup debut: 22 June 2010 in a match against Greece in the 2010 World Cup.
Oldest player to score for the Argentina national football team: 36 years and 7 months old, scored the second goal of Argentina's 2–0 win over Greece (This record was previously held by Diego Armando Maradona, who was 33 years old when he scored his last goal in a 1994 World Cup match, also against Greece).
Tied for 5th place of all-time in a career among the Argentine Primera División top scorers with 227 goals (34 with Estudiantes and 193 with Boca Juniors).^[12]
1st place among Boca's all-time top scorers with 236 goals,^[13] having surpassed the 221 goal mark of Roberto Cherro.
Top scorer in the professional era among Boca's top scorers with 236 Goals. (193 in Primera división Argentine tournaments and 43 in international tournaments)^[14]
Boca Junior's top scorer in international matches with 43 goals, 15 more than 2nd place Rodrigo Palacio.

References

↑ "Los números de Palermo". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
↑ "Bota de Oro Americana" (in Spanish). Donbalon.com. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
↑ "Martín Palermo - Premio Konex: Diploma al Mérito 2010" (in Spanish).
↑ "Martín Palermo". futbolxxi.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
↑ "Martín Palermo". bocareydecopas.com.ar. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
↑ "Una ambiciosa propuesta en la nueva selección de Bielsa" (in Spanish). Diario La Nación. 3 February 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
↑ "La Argentina demostró que sabe cómo ser contundente" (in Spanish). Diario La Nación. 2 July 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
↑ "Debuta Palermo pero marca... Craioveanu" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 5 February 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
↑ "Una locura de remontada" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
↑ "Palermo ni se asusta" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. 11 February 2001. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
↑ "Está hecho un avión". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
↑ "Palermo, Martín" (in Spanish). Historiadeboca.com.ar. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
↑ Palermo Gollywood Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Ole.com (in Spanish)