Omar Palma is a

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. He was born on April 12, 1958, in the city of Campo Largo in the

Chaco Province Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country. It is borde ...

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. He played most of his career for

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...

in Argentina. He was the top scorer of the 1986–87 season with 20 goals in 38 games for Central's championship winning campaign.

Playing career

Club

Palma made his debut with Rosario Central in 1979, he went on to win two titles with the club, the Nacional in 1980 and the 1986-1987 championship. After his goalscoring feats of the '86–87 season he was signed by Argentine giants River Plate, but his two seasons with the club were far from successful but he did play in both legs of the

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1987, which River won 3-0. Palma was sold to Mexican club

CD Veracruz Club Deportivo Veracruz, commonly known as Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, was a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Veracruz. ''El Aston'' was founded in 1943, and played in the Liga MX of Mexico. Their nickname, "Tiburones Ro ...

in 1989 but he soon returned to Rosario Central. Central won the

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(currently known as Copa Sudamericana) in 1995 and Palma finally retired in 1998 at the age of 40 after making 339 league appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club. He played 355 games for them in all competitions scoring 63 goals.

Honours

Club

;

: *

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: 1980, 1986/87 * Segunda Division Argentina: 1985 *

: 1995 ; River Plate: *

: 1987

Individual

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: 1986/87

External links

Player Statistics at Futbol Pasion

1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Chaco Province Argentine footballers Association football forwards Rosario Central footballers Club Atlético Colón footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Rosario Central managers Argentine football managers {{Argentina-footy-forward-stub