Martín Palermo
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Palermo in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martín Palermo | ||
| Date of birth | 7 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Argentina | 15 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Godoy Cruz | ||
| 2014–2015 | Arsenal de Sarandí | ||
| 2016–2018 | Unión Española | ||
| 2019 | Pachuca | ||
| 2020–2021 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 2021–2022 | Aldosivi | ||
| 2023 | Platense | ||
| 2024–2025 | Olimpia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Martín Palermo (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈtim paˈleɾmo]; born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was recently the manager of Olimpia.
Palermo played mainly as a forward for Boca Juniors. A prolific goalscorer, he is Boca Juniors' all-time top scorer with 236 goals, and is placed 7th among all-time Primera División top scorers with 227 goals in 408 matches. He also played in Argentina for Estudiantes de La Plata and in Spain for Villarreal, Real Betis, and Alavés. During his playing career, he was nicknamed Loco (pronounced [ˈloko], English: crazy) and Titán (pronounced [tiˈtan], English: titan). In a 2008 poll, Boca Juniors fans chose him as the greatest idol in the club's history.
With the Argentina national team, Palermo earned 15 caps and scored 9 goals. He played at the 1999 Copa América and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with a decade-long hiatus in between. Since 2012, he has worked as a manager in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Paraguay.