Helibelton Palacios
Palacios with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Helibelton Palacios Zapata[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Place of birth Santander de Quilichao, Colombia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cruzeiro
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Deportivo Cali 109 (4)
2014 → La Equidad (loan) 15 (0)
2017–2018 Club Brugge 16 (0)
2018–2020 Atlético Nacional 92 (1)
2021–2023 Elche 61 (0)
2023– Cruzeiro 9 (0)
International career‡
2013 Colombia U20 12 (0)
2015– Colombia 5 (0)
2016 Colombia Olympic 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022

Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brazilian club Cruzeiro.

Club career

Palacios made his senior debut with Deportivo Cali in 2011, in a 2–1 defeat agaisnt Águilas Doradas.[3] After featuring sparingly, he played the 2014 season on loan at La Equidad,[4] before returning to his parent club and winning the league title in 2015.[5]

On 27 December 2016, Deportivo Cali announced the transfer of Palacios to Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[6] After rarely featuring, he returned to Colombia on 16 January 2018 to join Atlético Nacional.[7] In October 2018, he played in the first leg of the Copa Colombia final in a 2–2 draw against Once Caldas.[8] His team won the second leg, and were crowned champions on a 4–3 aggregate score.[9]

On 4 February 2021, free agent Palacios signed for La Liga side Elche CF.[10] At the end of the 2022-23 La Liga season, he rejected a contract renewal offer from the club, becoming a free agent.[11]

In June 2023, Palacios signed a pre-contract with Brazilian Série A club Cruzeiro, joining the club on a 1.5 years contract.[12]

International career

Palacios at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Palacios represented Colombia at under-20 level[13][14] before making his full international debut in 2015. He also featured for the under-23s in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2023 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2011 Categoría Primera A 500000—50
2012 505100—100
2013 303000—60
2014 203404[lower-alpha 1]0—283
2015 4304000—470
2016 331206[lower-alpha 2]02[lower-alpha 3]0431
Total 1094181100201395
La Equidad (loan) 2014 Categoría Primera A 1500000—150
Club Brugge 2016–17 Belgian First Division A 1100000—110
2017–18 50104[lower-alpha 4]0—100
Total 160104000210
Atlético Nacional 2018 Categoría Primera A 351608[lower-alpha 2]02[lower-alpha 3]0510
2019 420305[lower-alpha 5]0—500
2020 150004[lower-alpha 1]0—190
Total 92190170201200
Elche 2020–21 La Liga 11000——110
2021–22 26 0 3 0 — — 29 0
2022–23 24 0 1 0 — — 25 0
Total 61 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 65 0
Cruzerio 2023 Brazilian Série A 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Career total 3025321310403696
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. 1 2 Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the Superliga Colombiana
  4. ↑ Two appearances in the Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Four appearances in the Copa Libertadores and one appearance in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Deportivo Cali

Atlético Nacional

Colombia U20

References

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  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Helibelton Palacios". La Liga. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Águilas Doradas vs. Deportivo Cali - 14 September 2011 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Helibelton Palacios es el quinto refuerzo de La Equidad". futbolred.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Deportivo Cali se corona campeón de torneo apertura de la liga colombiana". Reuters. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "¡Gracias Canteranos!". Depotrtivo Cali. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Helibelton Palacios arriba a Medellín para firmar con Nacional" [Helibelton Palacios arrives in Medellín to sign for Nacional] (in Spanish). RCN Televisión. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Once Caldas 2–2 Nacional: resumen, resultado y goles". Diario AS (in Spanish). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Sierra, Jeimmy Paola (1 November 2018). "Atlético Nacional se corona campeón de la Copa Águila". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Helibelton Palacios, nuevo jugador del Elche CF" [Helibelton Palacios, new player of Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Galvañ, J. A. (20 June 2023). "Helibelton Palacios confirma su salida del Elche". Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Cruzeiro anuncia Helibelton Palacios". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "H. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Emocionado tributo de bienvenida brindó Quilichao a los jóvenes campeones del sudamericano de fútbol". Proclama del Cauca. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  15. 1 2 Helibelton Palacios at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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