Matías Palacios

Matías Damián Palacios (born 10 May 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Swiss club FC Basel[1]

Matías Palacios
Personal information
Full name Matías Damián Palacios
Date of birth (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002
Place of birth General Pico, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Central midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 Basel
Number 35
Youth career
San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 San Lorenzo 5 (0)
2021– Basel 18 (1)
National team‡
2017 Argentina U15
2018–2019 Argentina U17 17 (5)
2018– Argentina U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Club career

San Lorenzo

Palacios began his career with San Lorenzo.[1][3] He made his professional football debut on 21 September 2018, featuring for the final twenty-nine minutes of a 3–2 victory over Patronato at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain.[1] Aged 16, it meant Palacios became the club's youngest ever player in Primera División history.[4] He made five further appearances for the club, which included his one and only start on 10 January 2021 against Banfield.[1]

Basel

On 15 February, Palacios signed with Swiss Super League club Basel; penning a contract until 2025.[2][5] His first appearance arrived on 27 February as he started an eventual 3–1 defeat away to FC St. Gallen, prior to being replaced by Edon Zhegrova with twenty minutes remaining.[1]

International career

Palacios represented Argentina at U15, U17 and U20 level.[4] For the U15s, Palacios won the 2017 South American Championship prior to winning the 2016 COTIF Tournament with the U20s.[6] Pablo Aimar selected Palacios for the 2019 South American U-17 Championship on 3 March.[7] Diego Placente called him up for the U17s' trip to Russia for the 2019 Granatkin Memorial.[8] He scored in game one against Armenia, prior to netting versus Turkey in the semi-finals on the way to Argentina winning the competition.[9][10] He was also chosen as the tournament's best midfielder.[11] In October 2019, Palacios was picked for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[12]

Personal life

His brother, Julián, is a fellow footballer; he also started off in San Lorenzo's youth academy.[4]

Career statistics
As of 21 March 2021.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Lorenzo 2018–19 Primera División 101000—0020
2019–20 000000000000
2020–21 400000000040
Total 501000000060
Basel 2020–21 Super League 9000—000090
2021–22 9132—10000223
Total 18132—10000313
Career total 23142—10000373

    Honours

    Argentina U15[6]

    Argentina U17[13][14]

    Argentina U20[6]

    References
    1. "Argentina - M. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
    2. "Der FCB verpflichtet Matías Palacios". Basel. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
    3. "Ficha Estadistica de MATIAS PALACIOS". BDFA. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
    4. "Matías Palacios, el pibe de 16 años que debutó ante Patronato". Marca. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
    5. "FC Basel verpflichtet jungen Argentinier" [FC Basel sign young Argentinians]. herisau 24 (in German). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    6. "Matías Palacios, la joya de 16 años que debutó en San Lorenzo". TyC Sports. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
    7. "Los 23 citados para el Sudamericano". AFA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
    8. "Argentina debutará el miércoles en el torneo de Rusia". AFA. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
    9. "Мемориал Валентина Гранаткина: Совет Пласенте сработал. Но не сразу". Granatkin Memorial. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
    10. "Мемориал Валентина Гранаткина: Мемориал Валентина Гранаткина 2019: Заявка команды - Аргентина". Granatkin Memorial. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
    11. "Гранаткина-2019. Итоги". Granatkin Memorial. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
    12. "FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf" (PDF). FIFA Data. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
    13. "Matías Godoy, campeón sudamericano Sub 17". Diario Castellanos. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
    14. "Мемориал Валентина Гранаткина: Аргентина 1 : 0 Россия". Granatkin Memorial. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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