Helibelton Palacios

Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish club Elche CF.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Zapata.
Helibelton Palacios
Palacios at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Helibelton Palacios Zapata
Date of birth (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993
Place of birth Santander de Quilichao, Colombia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Elche
Number 14
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– Elche 11 (0)
National team‡
2013 Colombia U20 12 (0)
2015– Colombia 4 (0)
2016 Colombia Olympic 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2019

Club career

Palacios made his senior debut with Deportivo Cali in 2011. After featuring sparingly, he played the 2014 season on loan at La Equidad before returning to his parent club and winning the league title in 2015.

On 27 December 2016, Deportivo Cali announced the transfer of Palacios to Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[2] After featuring rarely, he returned to his home country on 16 January 2018 to join Atlético Nacional.[3]

On 4 February 2021, free agent Palacios signed for La Liga side Elche CF.[4]

International career
Palacios at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Palacios represented Colombia at under-20 level[5][6] 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 22 May 2021 [7]
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
Career total 2435281310403066
  1. Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  3. 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

Club

Deportivo Cali

Atlético Nacional

International

Colombia U20

References
  1. Helibelton Palacios Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. "¡Gracias Canteranos!". Depotrtivo Cali. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "H. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. "Emocionado tributo de bienvenida brindó Quilichao a los jóvenes campeones del sudamericano de fútbol". Proclama del Cauca. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. Helibelton Palacios at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2017.


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