Manuel Emilio Palacios Murillo (born 13 February 1993) is a Colombian professional

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who is a free agent.

Club career

Born in

Quibdó Quibdó () is the capital city of Chocó Department, in Western Colombia, and is located on the Atrato River. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of 3,337.5 km² and a population of 129,237, predominantly Afro Colombian, including Zambo C ...

, Palacios started competing at

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, in the Colombian first tier. After nearly fifty league appearances in two seasons, the 21-year-old made his first move abroad, and joined

Atlético CP Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

, in the Portuguese Segunda Liga, on 19 July 2014, as a free player. He made his debut on 31 August 2014 against

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., adding over thirty caps throughout his first season, seeing the club

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. In 2019, Palacios joined

FC Anyang FC Anyang (Hangul: FC 안양) is a South Korean professional football club based in Anyang that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 2013, they play their home games at Anyang Stadium Anyang Sports ...

in the Korean

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on loan from

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.2019 Season Preview: FC Anyang
kleagueunited.com, 13 February 2019 After a great season at FC Anyang, Palacio was transferred to

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giants

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for the 2020–2021 season. In 2022 March, after playing for 1 match and scoring 1 goal for

, he moved to

Seongnam FC Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential cit ...

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* * * 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Chocó Department Colombian footballers Association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Liga Portugal 2 players K League 2 players K League 1 players Patriotas Boyacá footballers Atlético Clube de Portugal players Real S.C. players Alianza Petrolera players Atlético Huila footballers FC Anyang players Pohang Steelers players Seongnam FC players Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in South Korea Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Colombian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub