Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios (born February 8, 1994) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Philippines women's national team.

Early life

Inna Palacios was born on February 8, 1994 in Manila, Philippines. She started playing football at age 4.

Football career

Youth

Palacios attended Colegio de San Agustin-Makati and won at least 5 MVP awards and some tournaments with her school's football team. She started playing for her school's team at grade 4. Before playing as a goalkeeper, she tried playing as a forward, winger and a defender.

Collegiate

Palacios decided to study at

De La Salle University De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...

and play for their varsity team. She was scouted by La Salle coach, Hans Smit during her stint with the national team in 2012. She was also scouted by the coaches of Ateneo and University of the Philippines. On her rookie year with De La Salle, Palacios dealt with several issues that led her to almost quitting from football; the death of her grandmother while she was away from the country while playing for the Philippine national team and recovering from a recurring injury. Smit allowed Palacios to recover physically and emotionally and was able to regain her form. Inna Palacios established herself as the first-choice goalkeeper of her varsity team and was able to receive the best goalkeeper award at UAAP Season 75 and UAAP Season 77 which ended in 2013 and 2015 respectively. She scored a goal in her final game for De La Salle.

Club

By 2022, Palacios has been with Kaya F.C., helping the club win the SingaCup in Singapore.

International

In 2007, at age 13, Palacios was called up to play for the Philippine under-16 national team. She was later called up to join the senior national team as part of the reserves that played in an friendly tournament in Hong Kong and also participated at the

2012 AFF Women's Championship The 2012 AFF Women's Championship was football tournament held from 13 September to 22 September 2012 in Vietnam. All games were played at the Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City. Host nation Vietnam won their second title after beating Myanmar ...

. She also played for the under-19 national team at the

2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided final participating team of the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Only one team qualified to play in the final tournament, including ...

. Palacios is a consistent member of the senior national team. She helped the Philippines qualify for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

which included a crucial 1–1 draw with Bahrain but did not feature any match in the continental tournament itself due to Rabah Benlarbi, who was hired to lead the national team for just the tournament, preferred to field a newcomer instead. She played again for the national team in the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian qualifiers where the Philippines managed to progress from the first round.

Honours

International

Philippines

* Southeast Asian Games third place:

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* AFF Women's Championship:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palacios, Inna 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Manila Footballers from Metro Manila Filipino women's footballers Women's association football goalkeepers De La Salle University alumni University Athletic Association of the Philippines women's footballers Philippines women's international footballers Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Kaya F.C.–Iloilo (women) players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines