Omar Palma is a
midfielder. He was born on April 12, 1958, in the city of
Campo Largo in the
Chaco Province of
Argentina. He played most of his career for
Rosario Central 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
Copa Interamericana 1987, which River won 3-0.
Palma was sold to
Mexican
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club
CD Veracruz in 1989 but he soon returned to Rosario Central. Central won the
Copa Conmebol (currently known as
Copa Sudamericana
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...
) 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
;
Rosario Central:
*
Primera Division Argentina: 1980, 1986/87
*
Segunda Division Argentina: 1985
*
Copa Conmebol: 1995
;
River Plate:
*
Copa Interamericana: 1987
Individual
*
Primera División Argentina topscorer: 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
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