Jairo Fabián Palomino Sierra (born August 2, 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Atlético Nacional

2011

Palomino played 16 matches and scored a single goal, also

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won the 2011 Categoría Primera A season Torneo Apertura.

Al-Ahli

2011-12

Palomino moved to Al-Ahli club for 4m USD in 2011. in the

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Al-Ahli were runner-up and Palomino played 17 matches and scored a single goal. In the

2012 King Cup of Champions The 2012 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 37th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 5th under the current edition. Al-Ahli were the defending champions. Al-Ahli won t ...

Palomino played semi-final against Al-Hilal and he saved many dangerous balls and he showed his abilities as a great defender when they defeated Al-Hilal and thus his team qualified to the final and won the cup. Palomino helped Al-Ahli team in the

2012 AFC Champions League The 2012 AFC Champions League was the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title. Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea wo ...

and it were runner-up.

2012-13

In the

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Palomino played 19 matches and scored a single goal. In the

2013 AFC Champions League The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan Hyu ...

Palomino and Al-Ahli qualified for the quarter-finals. In 2013, after the end of the season Palomino announced he was leaving Al-Ahli club because he was thinking of going to

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with national team Colombia.

International career

Palomino played for the Colombian U-20 national team (2007) as well as the

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. On club level he played for

in the

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. He scored the second goal at the

2007 South American Youth Championship The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the ...

against Venezuela.

International goals

U-20

Club career statistics

Honours

Club

With - Atlético Nacional *

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: Apertura 2011. With - Al-Ahli *

King Cup of Champions The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Footba ...

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. *

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

: Runner-up; 2011-12. *

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: Runner-up;

. With - Unión Madgalena *

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* 1988 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Envigado F.C. players Atlético Nacional footballers Once Caldas footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Al Ahli Saudi FC players Deportivo Pereira footballers Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Argentine Primera División players Saudi Professional League players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Antioquia Department Men's association football defenders {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub