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Diego Palacios
Diego José Palacios Espinoza (born 12 July 1999), commonly known as "Chiqui",[3] is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Ecuador national team.
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| Full name | Diego José Palacios Espinoza[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guayaquil, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Los Angeles FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Aucas | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Aucas | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Willem II (loan) | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Los Angeles FC | 85 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Ecuador U20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Ecuador | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:36, 8 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 January, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Born in Guayaquil, Palacios made his way through the youth sistem of SD Aucas, before making his Ecuadorian Serie A debut in 2017.
In July 2018 he agreed a season long loan with Willem II.[4] He made his debut in the Dutch Eredivisie on 11 August 2018 playing the full 90 minutes against VVV-Venlo.[5]
On 12 August 2019, Palacios signed a contract with Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC.[6]
International career edit
In October 2018 he made his debut for the Ecuador national team in a friendly game against the Qatar national team.[7]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 7 November 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Auacas | 2016[8] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017[8] | Ecuadorian Serie B | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2018[8] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 2 | ||
| Willem II (loan) | 2018–19[9] | Eredivisie | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles FC | 2019[10] | Major League Soccer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020[10] | 16 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 27 | 0 | — | – | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 135 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 2 | ||
International edit
- As of 12 November 2022[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Los Angeles FC
- MLS Cup: 2022
- Supporters' Shield: 2022
- CONCACAF Champions League runner-up: 2020
Ecuador U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 2019[12]
Individual
- South American Youth Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[13]
- CONCACAF Champions League Best Young Player: 2020[14]
- CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2020,[15] 2023[16]
- MLS All-Star: 2022[17]
References edit
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Diego Palacios". Los Angeles FC. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Chiqui Palacios: "Sí quise ir al Barça, pero era a un proceso de 2 años"". 17 October 2019. from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Willem II huurt Diego Palacios". 23 July 2018. from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Willem II vs. VVV - 11 August 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "LAFC Adds Defender Diego Palacios". Los Angeles FC. 12 August 2019. from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Qatar vs. Ecuador - 12 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Diego Palacios". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Diego Palacios at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Diego Palacios - MLS Soccer".
- ^ Diego Palacios at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ . FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "El 11 ideal del Sudamericano Sub 20 – Chile 2019 - CONMEBOL". www.conmebol.com (in European Spanish). 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ . CONCACAF Champions League. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League [@TheChampions] (23 December 2020). "¡Qué lujo de equipo! Aquí están los mejores jugadores de #SCCL2020" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Davila, Ambriz, Bouanga headline 2023 SCCL Best XI". CONCACAF. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "2022 MLS All-Star Game Roster". Major League Soccer. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
External links edit
- Diego Palacios at Soccerway