Tiago Palacios

Tiago Palacios
Personal information
Full name Tiago Asahel Palacios[1]
Date of birth (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Estudiantes
Number 32
Youth career
2011–2017 River Plate
2018–2020 Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Platense 13 (0)
2021–2023 Montevideo City Torque 68 (15)
2021 → Platense (loan) 13 (1)
2024– Estudiantes 25 (4)
International career‡
2024 Uruguay U23 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2024

Tiago Asahel Palacios (born 28 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Estudiantes.[3] Born in Argentina, he represents Uruguay at international level.

Club career

Palacios joined the youth system of River Plate in 2011, he remained there for six years before being released in December 2017.[4][5][6] In February 2018, he moved to Platense.[4]

Palacios signed his first professional contract with Platense on 3 January 2020.[7][8] He was soon promoted into Juan Pablo Pumpido's first-team squad, with his senior debut arriving on 6 March during a home Primera Nacional defeat to Alvarado; he replaced Gonzalo Bazán with twenty-six minutes remaining.[3] His first start came four days later in a Copa Argentina round of sixty-four loss to Deportivo Madryn of Torneo Federal A at the Estadio Ciudad de Caseros.[3]

Palacios made ten appearances in the club's promotion-winning campaign of 2020.[3] On 6 February 2021, Platense revealed that they had reached an agreement with Uruguayan Primera División side Montevideo City Torque for the $380,000 transfer of Palacios.[9][10][11] Torque didn't officially announce the acquisition until 22 February, a day after the midfielder had made his Argentine Primera División debut in a victory on the road against Argentinos Juniors.[3][12] He scored his first senior goal in his third top-flight appearance on 6 March versus Godoy Cruz.[3]

International career

In January 2024, Palacios was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[13]

In September 2024, Merentiel received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team for FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[14]

Career statistics

As of 12 December 2023.[3][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Platense 2019–20 Primera Nacional 2 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 0
2020 10 0 0 0 — 0 0 10 0
2021[nb 1] Argentine Primera División 14 1 0 0 — 0 0 14 1
Total 26 1 1 0 — 0 0 27 1
Montevideo City Torque 2022 Uruguayan Primera División 33 6 1 1 1[a] 0 — 35 7
2023 35 9 0 0 — — 35 9
Total 68 15 1 1 1 0 — 70 16
Career total 94 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 97 17
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Estudiantes

Notes

  1. ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ^ "boletin jugadores 14-2018.pdf" (PDF). AFA. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tiago Palacios". World Football. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Argentina - T. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "De Platense al City Football Group: Tras ascender a Primera, el Calamar anunció la transferencia de Tiago Palacios" [From Platense to the City Football Group: After promoting to Primera, Calamar announced the transfer of Tiago Palacios]. TNT Sports (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "El City Group compra a Tiago Palacios, la joyita de Platense" [City Group buy Tiago Palacios, the pearl of Platense]. TyC Sports (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. ^ "River lo dejó libre y ahora puede ir al Manchester City" [River let him go and now he can go to Manchester City]. La Página Millonaria (in Spanish). 11 October 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  7. ^ "El juvenil Tiago Palacios". Platense (in Spanish). 3 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Tiago Palacios firmó su primer contrato con Platense" [The youngster Tiago Palacios signed his first contract with Platense]. Que Pasa Web (in Spanish). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Los detalles de la transferencia de Tiago Palacios" [The details of the transfer of Tiago Palacios]. Platense (in Spanish). 6 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  10. ^ "El Calamar vendió a su joyita al City Group" [El Calamar sold their little pearl to Manchester City]. Olé (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. ^ "El crack de Platense, Tiago Palacios, jugará en Montevideo City Torque" [The baller of Platense, Tiago Palacios, will play at Montevideo City Torque]. ESPN (in Spanish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Tiago Palacios" [Official announcement: Tiago Palacios]. Montevideo City Torque (in Spanish). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Lista final para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Eliminatorias: Uruguay publicó lista de convocados, la última en la que aparecerá Suárez" (in Spanish). 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Tiago Palacios". BDFA (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ "¡ESTUDIANTES CAMPEÓN! Venció a Vélez por penales y se consagró en la Copa de la Liga 2024". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.