Roberto Palacios

Roberto Carlos Palacios Mestas (Surquillo, Lima, December 28, 1972), is a former Peruvian soccer player and former coach. His last team was Sporting Cristal where he started and played a large part of his career. He is the player with the highest number of internationalizations with the Peruvian soccer team to this day where he defended it 128 opportunities.He was the coach of Miguel Grau de Abancay who participated in the Peru Cup.

He was born in Surquillo but from a very young age he lived in Chorrillos.

Palacios was one of the most popular figures in Peruvian soccer in the 1990s and 2000s, an idol due to his great performances with the Peruvian national team during a difficult time in terms of results.

He made his debut in 1991 with Sporting Cristal, succeeding idol Julio César Uribe and was part of an important group of promising youngsters at the club (along with Percy Olivares, Pablo Zegarra and Flavio Maestri). With "The Celestial Machine" He was three-time champion of the First Division of Peru, in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996 and a year later Cruzeiro (he requested the Peruvian as a special reinforcement and "El Chorri" was the driver of the Brazilians in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup against Borussia Dortmund). At the end of the 90s he had an outstanding period in Mexico, especially in the Tecos de la UAG, and in the middle of the first decade of the XXI century He stood out in Colombia and Ecuador, in the latter country he became national champion with Liga de Quito before returning to Sporting Cristal and retiring in 2011.

He is the player who has played the most times for the Peruvian National Team, with 128 caps, and also his top assister (18 assists). He had many great international performances, in addition to being the author of masterful goals.

Her son Brandon Palacios is also a soccer player, he plays for Carlos Stein.

Trajectory

Roberto Palacios, is nicknamed "Chorrillano" or simply "Chorri".

He took his first steps in soccer at Deportivo Colina de Surquillo from the age of 9 in 1982. He arrived at Sporting Cristal in 1986 where one of his coaches was former youth squad player Abel Quintana in the 60s.

He made his debut on October 20, 1991, an afternoon when the light blues beat Municipal 2-1 in the Regional II Metropolitano played in front of 1,023 spectators. El Chorrillano would score his first two goals in the fourth game played, three dates later, against AELU de Pueblo Libre on October 30 when the sky-blue team thrashed him 5:0.

At the end of that year, 1991, he reached his first title after a dramatic penalty shootout against Universitario. That 1991 Sporting Cristal team was made up of promising youngsters like Pablo Zegarra, Flavio Maestri, as well as players who came from the quarries like Percy Olivares, Francesco Manassero and experienced people like Julio César Uribe, Franco Navarro, Leo Rojas, Eugenio La Rosa, Jorge Arteaga and Julio César Antón (the first 3 World Cup players in 1982) and reinforced by the Argentines Carlos Castagneto, Juan Carlos Kopriva and Horacio Baldessari. The team was led by former World Cup player Juan Carlos Oblitas

His first international goal was on March 25, 1992, for the Copa Libertadores de América against Sport Boys, a match that Cristal won 2:0. His first transcendental goal was on October 25 of the same year against Universitario de Deportes in a match that the celestes defeated the creams 2:1 at the National Stadium, that year they obtained the national subtitle.

Palacios won the three-time championship in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In 1994 his contribution was important to the team called "La máquina celeste" for the number of goals the team scored in the Peruvian championship: 113 goals in 38 games, he being the team's net point guard. In 1995 he played his third Copa Libertadores de América with the sky-blue team, at the end of that year he consecrated two-time national champion with the team in a match played against Alianza Lima at the National Stadium. The year 1996 was one of his best years. On Sunday, October 27, under the technical guidance of Sergio Markarián, he became a three-time national champion with Sporting Cristal on a colorful afternoon where he celebrated with the sky-blue fans.

In 1997 he emigrated from Peru to play in the Mexican soccer league for Puebla. Later he played for the UAG Tecos, who lent him a season to the Brazilian club Cruzeiro to play the Intercontinental Cup. He returned to the Mexican team in 2001, returning to Sporting Cristal in August until mid-2002. In August 2002, he returned to the Autonomous University of Guadalajara and also played for Atlas de Guadalajara and Monarcas Morelia.

In 2004 he changed airs to play in Colombia defending the colors of Deportivo Cali and in 2005 he played in Ecuador for the Liga de Quito, he was presented with the number 10 shirt being directed by his compatriot Juan Carlos Oblitas and sharing the midfield with Edison Mendes and Neicer Reasco. Finally, in June 2007 he returned to Sporting Cristal, which was in a difficult situation due to the issue of relegation, which he managed to avoid. Roberto Palacios turned 20 years old as a professional soccer player on October 20, 2011, and became one of the players with the longest campaign on the soccer fields in the Rímac team, playing his last official game, in December of that year. anus.

It should be noted that Alfredo Quesada, who has worn the light blue shirt for 17 consecutive years: from January 1968 to July 1985, is still Alfredo Quesada.

Idol of Sporting Cristal

Known throughout South and Central America by the nickname “Chorrillano” or simply “El Chorri”. He is considered one of the idols of the Sporting Cristal club. Emerged from the minor divisions of La Celeste, he had his debut on October 20, 1991 against Municipal at the National Stadium. With La Celeste he achieved national titles in 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1996. He returned to the club in mid-2001 and then in mid-2007 where the team was in a difficult situation due to relegation, which they achieved. avoid.

Palacios was always fond of the Rimense club as well as the beer fans towards him, due to his loyalty and dedication to the team, he always rejected offers from rival teams, it is for all this that the light blue fans and the club have him in their idol gallery. Palacios had his own singing since the nineties and did not stop until the end of 2011, he added a total of 363 games in local tournaments and 43 international games with the sky blue, that is, he came to play 406 games with the Rimense jersey.

His retirement from professional soccer occurred on February 11, 2012 at the presentation of the "Noche de la Raza Celeste" ending a 20-year soccer career.

Palacios scored 88 goals with Sporting Cristal, 76 for local tournaments and 12 for international tournaments, that is, 11 for Copa Libertadores and 1 for Copa Conmebol, he is the eighth all-time goalscorer for Sporting Cristal.

Peruvian National Team

Palacios is the footballer who has worn the national jersey the most times, he has done so 128 times, far surpassing the previous record held by Héctor Chumpitaz. He debuted with the red and white in the youth team: the Under-23 team that participated in a pre-Olympic in the city of Asunción in 1992. In 1993 he debuted in the senior team in the framework of the qualifiers for the United States World Cup '94. In his first game he faced Argentina and scored a powerful shot from outside the area. Peru lost that match 2-1.

Since the 1995 Copa América in Uruguay, Palacios has owned the "10" of the national team and was a starter in practically all the matches and in all the competitions in which it participated. He has scored 19 goals in official matches with the red-and-white shirt, most of which are good billing, being medium-distance shots and mostly placed shots. In the match against the Venezuelan team played on June 6, 2004 within the framework of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Roberto Palacios played his match number "100" with the national team.

As of May 2012, Palacios has played a total of 128 matches with the national team and has become the Peruvian player with the most caps for his national team. In addition, between 1996 and 2007, he is the player with the most accumulated goals scored in official competitive FIFA matches (15 goals in the Copa América, the 2000 Gold Cup and the FIFA World Cup Qualification), followed by Nolberto Solano and Jefferson Farfán (9 and 8 goals respectively).

This makes him one of the most valuable players of the Peruvian soccer team in the last 20 years. His last participation with his national team was in the friendly match Peru vs. Nigeria played on May 23, 2012, which served as his official farewell to the Peruvian National Team.

Club	Country	PJ	Goles	Period
Soccer Selection of Peru	Peru	128	19	1993 - 2012

Participations in Americas Cups

Tournament	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Prom.
Copa America 1993	Ecuador	Final rooms	3	0	0.00
Copa America 1995	Uruguay	First phase	3	1	0.33
Copa América 1997	Bolivia	Fourth place	6	0	0.00
Copa America 1999	Paraguay	Final rooms	4	1	0.25
Copa América 2004	Peru	Final rooms	4	1	0.25
Total			20	3	0.15

Participations in World Cup Qualifiers

Elimination	Selection	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Average score
South American Eliminators 1994	Peru	9th (He didn't qualify.)	3	1	0.33
South American Eliminators 1998	Peru	5o (He didn't qualify.)	15	6	0.4
South American Eliminators 2002	Peru	8th (He didn't qualify.)	18	2	0.11
South American elimination 2006	Peru	9.o (He didn't qualify.)	15	0	0.00
South American elimination 2010	Peru	10.o (He didn't qualify.)	6	0	0.00

Participations in Gold Cups

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Prom.
2000 Gold Cup	United States	Fourth place	4	2	0.50

International goals

#	Date	City	Oponente	Marker	Outcome	Competition
1.	22-08-1993	Buenos Aires	ARGArgentina	2-1	Defeat	1994 World Classifications
2.	17-08-1994	Lima	ECUEcuador	2-1	Victoria	Friendly
3.	07-07-1995	Rivera	COLColombia	1-1	Push	Copa America 1995
4.	24-04-1996	Guayaquil	ECUEcuador	4-1	Defeat	1998 World Classifications
5.	20-06-1996	Lima	ARMArmenia	4-0	Victoria	Friendly
6.	14-08-1996	Arequipa	CRCCosta Rica	3–0	Victoria	Friendly
7.	16-10-1996	Lima	USAUnited States	4-1	Victoria	Friendly
8.	10-11-1996	Lima	VENVenezuela	4-1	Victoria	1998 World Classifications
9.						1998 World Classifications
10.	12-01-1997	Lima	CHIChile	2-1	Victoria	1998 World Classifications
11.	02-04-1997	Lima	ECUEcuador	1-1	Push	1998 World Classifications
12.	10-09-1997	Lima	URUUruguay	2-1	Victoria	1998 World Classifications
13.	10-07-1999	Assumption	MEXMexico	3-3	Push	Copa America 1999
14.	17-11-1999	Lima	SVKSlovakia	2-1	Victoria	Friendly
15.	19-02-2000	Miami	HONHonduras	3-5	Victoria	Gold Cup Concacaf 2000
16.	23-02-2000	San Diego	COLColombia	2-1	Defeat	Gold Cup Concacaf 2000
17.	29-03-2000	Lima	PARParaguay	2-0	Victoria	World Classification 2002
18.	16-08-2000	Lima	VENVenezuela	1-0	Victoria	World Classification 2002
19	06-07-2004	Lima	BOLBolivia	2-2	Push	Copa América 2004

Statistics

Clubs

Club	Season	League		International (1)		Total (2)		Average
		Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles
Sporting Crystal Peru
	1991	15	3	-	-	15	3	0.20
	1992	31	7	6	1	37	8	0.22
	1993	29	8	10	0	39	8	0.21
	1994	30	17	4	1	34	18	0.53
	1995	38	10	10	7	48	17	0.35
	1996	27	8	8	2	35	10	0.29
	Total club	170	53	38	11	208	64	0.31
Puebla Mexico
	1996-97	13	0	-	-	13	0	0.00
	Total club	13	0	0	0	13	0	0.00
Cruzeiro Brazil
	1997	5	2	1	0	6	2	0.33
	Total club	5	2	1	0	6	2	0.33
UAG Tecos Mexico
	1997-98	16	2	-	-	16	2	0.13
	1998-99	30	6	-	-	30	6	0.20
	1999-00	27	3	-	-	27	3	0.11
	2000-01	31	5	-	-	31	5	0.16
	Total club	104	16	0	0	104	16	0.15
Sporting Crystal Peru
	2001	17	2	-	-	17	2	0.12
	2002	17	5	3	0	20	5	0.25
	Total club	34	7	3	0	37	7	0.19
UAG Tecos Mexico
	2002	16	5	-	-	16	5	0.31
	Total club	16	5	0	0	16	5	0.31
Monarchs Morelia Mexico
	2003	13	0	3	2	16	2	0.13
	Total club	13	0	3	2	16	2	0.13
Atlas Mexico
	2003	15	1	-	-	15	1	0.07
	Total club	15	1	0	0	15	1	0.07
Monarchs Morelia Mexico
	2004	17	0	-	-	17	0	0.00
	Total club	17	0	0	0	17	0	0.00
Deportivo Cali Colombia
	2004	16	4	-	-	16	4	0.25
	Total club	16	4	0	0	16	4	0.25
Liga de Quito Ecuador
	2005	44	11	13	4	57	15	0.26
	2006	38	11	12	1	50	12	0.24
	Total club	82	22	25	5	107	27	0.25
Al-Nassr Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
	2007	1	0	-	-	1	0	0.00
	Total club	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Sporting Crystal Peru
	2007	19	2	-	-	19	2	0.11
	2008	43	5	-	-	43	5	0.12
	2009	38	6	2	1	40	7	0.18
	2010	39	3	-	-	39	3	0.08
	2011	20	0	-	-	20	0	0.00
	Total club	159	16	2	1	161	17	0.11
Total career		644	126	72	19	716	145	0.20
(1) It includes data from the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, Copa Oro de la Concacaf and Copa Intercontinental. (2) It does not include goals in friendly matches.

Statistical summary

As a coach

Club	Country	Year
Miguel Grau de Abancay	Peru Peru	2017

Honours of Prizes

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
First Division of Peru	Sporting Crystal	Peru Peru	1991
First Division of Peru	Sporting Crystal	Peru Peru	1994
First Division of Peru	Sporting Crystal	Peru Peru	1995
First Division of Peru	Sporting Crystal	Peru Peru	1996
First Division of Peru	Sporting Crystal	Peru Peru	2002
Series A	Liga de Quito	EcuadorEcuador	2005

Individual awards