Augusto Palacios (born 23 December 1951) is a Peruvian

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coach and a former football player. He's been recently coaching South African club

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in the

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. During his years as a professional footballer he played for a number of clubs in Peru, Costa Rica,

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, Venezuela, Finland,

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, South Africa and Australia. He also played six internationals for the Peru national team. Augusto Palacios has previously managed clubs in South Africa, Peru and Turkey as well as the Hong Kong women's national team and the South Africa national team.

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Augusto Palacios' homepage

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