Martín Palermo

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

Martín Palermo
Palermo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Martín Palermo
Date of birth (1973-11-07) 7 November 1973
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

Career statistics

Club
Source:[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estudiantes 1991–92Clausura 10———10
1992–93Apertura 20—1[lower-alpha 1]0—101
Clausura 71
1993–94Apertura 100—1[lower-alpha 1]0—181
Clausura 71
1994–95Primera B 30—2[lower-alpha 1]0—50
1995–96Apertura 86———2717
Clausura 1911
1996–97Apertura 196—2[lower-alpha 1]2—3817
Clausura 179
Total 9334—62—9936
Boca Juniors 1997–98Apertura 178—4[lower-alpha 1]1—3621
Clausura 1512
1998–99Apertura 1920—4[lower-alpha 2]3—3935
Clausura 1612
1999–2000Apertura 1314—5[lower-alpha 2]2—2621
Clausura 444[lower-alpha 3]1
2000–01Apertura 1811—4[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 4]22314
Total 10281—2181212491
Villarreal 2000–01La Liga 176———176
2001–02La Liga 19522——217
2002–03La Liga 347118[lower-alpha 5]0—438
Total 70183380—8121
Real Betis 2003–04La Liga 11110——121
Alavés 2003–04Segunda 143———143
Boca Juniors 2004–05Apertura 136—6[lower-alpha 6]31[lower-alpha 7]04021
Clausura 1269[lower-alpha 3]6
2005–06Apertura 167—7[lower-alpha 6]4—4322
Clausura 1911
2006–07Apertura 1611—1[lower-alpha 6]02[lower-alpha 7]14727
Clausura 161112[lower-alpha 3]4
2007–08Apertura 1913—2[lower-alpha 6]22[lower-alpha 8]04932
Clausura 141012[lower-alpha 3]7
2008–09Apertura 20—7[lower-alpha 3]51[lower-alpha 7]12513
Clausura 157
2009–10Apertura 176—2[lower-alpha 6]0—3816
Clausura 1910
2010–11Apertura 198———3814
Clausura 196
Total 216112—583162280145
Career total 50624943934174610297
  1. Supercopa Sudamericana
  2. Copa Mercosur
  3. Copa Libertadores
  4. Intercontinental Cup
  5. UEFA Intertoto Cup
  6. Copa Sudamericana
  7. Recopa Sudamericana
  8. FIFA Club World Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National Team Year Apps Goals
Argentina
199973
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
200933
201053
Total159

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 July 1999Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay Ecuador2–03–11999 Copa América
2.3–0
3.7 July 1999 Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque, Paraguay Uruguay2–02–0 1999 Copa América
4.30 September 2009Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina Ghana1–02–0Friendly
5.2–0
6.10 October 2009El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina Peru2–12–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.10 February 2010Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina Jamaica1–12–1Friendly
8.5 May 2010El Coloso del Ruca Quimey, Cutral Có, Argentina Haiti2–04–0 Friendly
9.22 June 2010Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa Greece2–02–02010 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)
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