Helibelton Palacios
Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brazilian club Cruzeiro.
 Palacios with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Helibelton Palacios Zapata[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 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 | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Colombia U20 | 12 | (0) |
| 2015– | Colombia | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Colombia Olympic | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 | |||
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.[3] After featuring rarely, he returned to his home country on 16 January 2018 to join Atlético Nacional.[4]
On 4 February 2021, free agent Palacios signed for La Liga side Elche CF.[5]
International career
Palacios represented Colombia at under-20 level[6][7] 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 [8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo Cali | 2011 | Categoría Primera A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 109 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 5 | ||
| La Equidad (loan) | 2014 | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Club Brugge | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 2019 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 92 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Elche | 2020–21 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 243 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 306 | 6 | ||
- Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in the Superliga Colombiana
- Two appearances in the Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Four appearances in the Copa Libertadores and one appearance in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours
References
- "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.
- "Helibelton Palacios". La Liga. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- "¡Gracias Canteranos!". Depotrtivo Cali. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- "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.
- "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.
- "H. Palacios". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- "Emocionado tributo de bienvenida brindó Quilichao a los jóvenes campeones del sudamericano de fútbol". Proclama del Cauca. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- Helibelton Palacios at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
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