Martín Palermo

Martín Palermo
Palermo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Martín Palermo
Date of birth (1973-11-07) 7 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Platense (manager)
Youth career
Estudiantes de La Plata
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Estudiantes de La Plata 93 (34)
1997–2001 Boca Juniors 102 (81)
2001–2003 Villarreal 70 (18)
2003–2004 Betis 11 (1)
2004 Alavés 14 (3)
2004–2011 Boca Juniors 216 (112)
Total 592 (249)
National team
1999–2010 Argentina 15 (9)
Teams managed
2012–2013 Godoy Cruz
2014–2015 Arsenal de Sarandí
2016–2018 Unión Española
2019 Pachuca
2020–2021 Curicó Unido
2021–2022 Aldosivi
2023– Platense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Martín Palermo (born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Boca Juniors and Argentina national team.

Career statistics

Club

Source:[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Estudiantes 1991–92 Clausura 1 0 — — — 1 0
1992–93 Apertura 2 0 — 1[a] 0 — 10 1
Clausura 7 1
1993–94 Apertura 10 0 — 1[a] 0 — 18 1
Clausura 7 1
1994–95 Primera B 3 0 — 2[a] 0 — 5 0
1995–96 Apertura 8 6 — — — 27 17
Clausura 19 11
1996–97 Apertura 19 6 — 2[a] 2 — 38 17
Clausura 17 9
Total 93 34 — 6 2 — 99 36
Boca Juniors 1997–98 Apertura 17 8 — 4[a] 1 — 36 21
Clausura 15 12
1998–99 Apertura 19 20 — 4[b] 3 — 39 35
Clausura 16 12
1999–2000 Apertura 13 14 — 5[b] 2 — 26 21
Clausura 4 4 4[c] 1
2000–01 Apertura 18 11 — 4[b] 1 1[d] 2 23 14
Total 102 81 — 21 8 1 2 124 91
Villarreal 2000–01 La Liga 17 6 — — — 17 6
2001–02 La Liga 19 5 2 2 — — 21 7
2002–03 La Liga 34 7 1 1 8[e] 0 — 43 8
Total 70 18 3 3 8 0 — 81 21
Real Betis 2003–04 La Liga 11 1 1 0 — — 12 1
Alavés 2003–04 Segunda 14 3 — — — 14 3
Boca Juniors 2004–05 Apertura 13 6 — 6[f] 3 1[g] 0 40 21
Clausura 12 6 9[c] 6
2005–06 Apertura 16 7 — 7[f] 4 — 43 22
Clausura 19 11
2006–07 Apertura 16 11 — 1[f] 0 2[g] 1 47 27
Clausura 16 11 12[c] 4
2007–08 Apertura 19 13 — 2[f] 2 2[h] 0 49 32
Clausura 14 10 12[c] 7
2008–09 Apertura 2 0 — 7[c] 5 1[g] 1 25 13
Clausura 15 7
2009–10 Apertura 17 6 — 2[f] 0 — 38 16
Clausura 19 10
2010–11 Apertura 19 8 — — — 38 14
Clausura 19 6
Total 216 112 — 58 31 6 2 280 145
Career total 506 249 4 3 93 41 7 4 610 297
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Supercopa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Copa Mercosur
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Intercontinental Cup
  5. ↑ UEFA Intertoto Cup
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Copa Sudamericana
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Recopa Sudamericana
  8. ↑ FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National Team Year Apps Goals
Argentina
1999 7 3
2000 0 0
2001 0 0
2002 0 0
2003 0 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 3 3
2010 5 3
Total 15 9

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 July 1999 Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay  Ecuador 2–0 3–1 1999 Copa América
2. 3–0
3. 7 July 1999 Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay  Uruguay 2–0 2–0 1999 Copa América
4. 30 September 2009 Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina  Ghana 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5. 2–0
6. 10 October 2009 El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Peru 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 10 February 2010 Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina  Jamaica 1–1 2–1 Friendly
8. 5 May 2010 El Coloso del Ruca Quimey, Cutral Có, Argentina  Haiti 2–0 4–0 Friendly
9. 22 June 2010 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa  Greece 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 30 October 2023
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Godoy Cruz Argentina 27 November 2012 31 December 2013 44 14 17 13 44 38 +6 031.82
Arsenal 16 April 2014 19 April 2015 36 11 10 15 45 50 −5 030.56
Unión Española Chile 1 June 2016 3 November 2018 93 39 28 26 136 117 +19 041.94
Pachuca Mexico 25 January 2019 31 December 2019 39 15 11 13 64 49 +15 038.46
Curicó Unido Chile 27 November 2020 25 July 2021 27 4 8 15 28 44 −16 014.81
Aldosivi Argentina 28 September 2021 31 May 2022 27 12 5 10 31 35 −4 044.44
Platense 1 January 2023 present 40 14 12 14 39 42 −3 035.00
Career totals 306 109 91 106 387 375 +12 035.62

Honours

Player

Estudiantes

  • Primera B Nacional: 1994–95

Boca Juniors

Individual

  • Primera División top scorer: 1998 Apertura (20 goals, short tournament record), 2007 Clausura
  • Boca Juniors top scorer: 1998 Clausura, 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 1998
  • South American Team of the Year: 1998, 2000[2]
  • Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 2000
  • American Golden Shoe: 2007 (shared with Giancarlo Maldonado)[3]
  • Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best football players of the last decade in Argentina: 2010[4]

Manager

Unión Española

Records and facts

  • First professional match: 5 July 1992 Clausura. (San Lorenzo 0–0 Estudiantes)[5]
  • First professional goal: 22 May 1993 Clausura. (Estudiantes 3–0 San Martín de Tucumán)[6]
  • First International match: 3 February 1999. (Venezuela 0–2 Argentina)[7]
  • First International goal: 1 July 1999. (Ecuador 1–3 Argentina)[8]
  • First European professional match: 4 February 2001. (Villarreal 2–0 Alavés)[9]
  • First European professional goal: 11 February 2001. (Oviedo 1–3 Villarreal)[10]
  • He is in the Guinness book of records for having missed three penalty kicks in the same match, against Colombia in the 1999 Copa América.
  • Palermo holds an Italian passport, which enables him to play as a UEFA player.[11]
  • World Cup debut: 22 June 2010 in a match against Greece in the 2010 World Cup.
  • Oldest player to score for the Argentina national football team: 36 years and 7 months old, scored the second goal of Argentina's 2–0 win over Greece (This record was previously held by Diego Armando Maradona, who was 33 years old when he scored his last goal in a 1994 World Cup match, also against Greece).
  • Tied for 5th place of all-time in a career among the Argentine Primera División top scorers with 227 goals (34 with Estudiantes and 193 with Boca Juniors).[12]
  • 1st place among Boca's all-time top scorers with 236 goals,[13] having surpassed the 221 goal mark of Roberto Cherro.
  • Top scorer in the professional era among Boca's top scorers with 236 Goals. (193 in Primera división Argentine tournaments and 43 in international tournaments)[14]
  • Boca Junior's top scorer in international matches with 43 goals, 15 more than 2nd place Rodrigo Palacio.

References

  1. ↑ "Los números de Palermo". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "South American Team of the Year". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bota de Oro Americana" (in Spanish). Donbalon.com. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Martín Palermo - Premio Konex: Diploma al Mérito 2010" (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ "Martín Palermo". futbolxxi.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Martín Palermo". bocareydecopas.com.ar. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Una ambiciosa propuesta en la nueva selección de Bielsa" (in Spanish). Diario La Nación. 3 February 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "La Argentina demostró que sabe cómo ser contundente" (in Spanish). Diario La Nación. 2 July 1999. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Debuta Palermo pero marca... Craioveanu" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 5 February 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Una locura de remontada" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Palermo ni se asusta" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. 11 February 2001. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  12. ↑ "Está hecho un avión". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  13. ↑ "Palermo, Martín" (in Spanish). Historiadeboca.com.ar. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  14. ↑ Palermo Gollywood Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Ole.com (in Spanish)