Jerry Palacios
Personal information
Full name Jerry Nelson Palacios Suazo[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-01) 1 November 1981
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Belmopan Bandits
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Olimpia ? (9)
2005–2006 Motagua 23 (5)
2006 Olimpia 12 (4)
2007 Vida 31 (6)
2007–2008 Olimpia 7 (1)
2008–2010 Marathón 39 (18)
2010 Hangzhou Greentown 15 (2)
2011 Hunan Billows 23 (6)
2012 Marathón 10 (2)
2012 Platense 21 (6)
2013–2014 Alajuelense 29 (15)
2015–2016 ATM 2 (0)
2016 Real Sociedad 16 (6)
2016–2017 Vida 25 (3)
2018 Real de Minas 10 (1)
2019– Belmopan Bandits ? (?)
International career‡
2002–2014 Honduras 26 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 14, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 14, 2014

Jerry Nelson Palacios Suazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟʝeri paˈlasjos]; born November 1, 1981) is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for Belmopan Bandits in Belize.

Club career

Palacios made his senior debut for Olimpia for whom he played 7 successive years except for a season at F.C. Motagua and a season at Vida.

He signed for Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown in January 2010.[2] He had a failed trial in South China in the Hong Kong First Division League.

After the Chinese season ended he returned to Marathón for the 2012 Clausura championship.[3] In July 2012 he joined Platense for the 2012 Apertura[4] and in December 2012 he moved abroad again to play for Costa Rican side Alajuelense.[5]

Palacios returned to Asia at the end of 2014, this time joining Malaysian club ATM FA.[6][7] In January 2016 Palacios joined Real Sociedad.[8]

In January 2019, Palacios joined Belmopan Bandits in Belize.[9]

International career

Jerry Palacios made his debut for Honduras in a March 2002 friendly match against the USA and has, as of February 2013, earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[10]

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, held in South Africa, Honduras achieved an historical distinction by including Jerry, Johnny, and Wilson in their squad. They became the first trio of brothers to represent a single nation in the World Cup.[11] He was included in the squad after the injury of Julio César de León.[12]

International goals

N.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 August 2004Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador2–04–0Friendly match
2.3 August 2004Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador3–04–0Friendly match
3.3 August 2004Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador4–04–0Friendly match
4.23 January 2010The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States United States2–03–1Friendly match
5.5 March 2014Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Venezuela2–12–1Friendly match

Personal life

He is the brother of Milton, Wilson, Johnny and Edwin Palacios. On October 30, 2007 Edwin, aged 14, was kidnapped in La Ceiba.[13] he was found dead one year and seven months later in Omoa.

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Espero que todo me salga bien”: Jerry Palacios (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Jerry Palacios deberá esperar para debutar en Marathón - Fútbol de Honduras (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Platense confirma el fichaje de Jerry Palacios Archived 2013-04-19 at archive.today - Diez (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Hondureño Jerry Palacios es fichado por el Alajuela, actual campeón de Costa Rica Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine - Proceso (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ "Palacios: Malaysia is very beautiful and comfortable | FourFourTwo". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05.
  7. ↑ "Forces pick up Palacios for next season's campaign".
  8. ↑ Jerry Palacios se presenta el martes a los trabajos del Real Sociedad - Diario Diez (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ La reproducción de este contenido sin autorización previa está prohibida, diez.hn, 29 January 2019
  10. ↑ Jerry Palacios – FIFA competition record (archived)
  11. ↑ World Cup 2010: Palacios brothers to create history, BBC News, 15 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  12. ↑ "Injured De Leon out of World Cup". concacaf. Mbombela, South Africa. 2010-06-15. Archived from the original on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  13. ↑ Birmingham confirm kidnap of midfielder's brother
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