Jérôme Palatsi (born 10 December 1969) is a French former

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who played as a

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. Having had no impact as a professional in his country of birth, he spent the bulk of his senior career in Portugal, appearing in 180

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matches mainly at the service of

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and retiring in his 40s.

Club career

Palatsi was born in

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. After only three matches as a professional at

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over the course of five seasons (although two were spent on loan), he moved to the lower leagues in the country. In 1996, Palatsi started a Portuguese adventure that would last nearly 15 years, starting at

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Ave ...

. At the Aveiro club and his second,

, he was sometimes charged with

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-taking, scoring a total of four goals in the

. From 2005 onwards, Palatsi played mostly in the country's Segunda Liga, first signing with Moreirense F.C. then moving to F.C. Penafiel. Aged almost 39, he returned to Beira-Mar also in that level, and retired two years later after a brief stint with amateurs A.A. Avanca. With Beira-Mar again in the top flight, Palatsi returned to the club as goalkeeper coach. He also worked in that role with S.C. Freamunde and F.C. Felgueiras 1932. He was both head and assistant manager – as well as player – at Vitória de Guimarães's

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team and acted as

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for Montpellier.

Honours

Le Grau-du-Roi *

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Languedoc-Roussillon: 1995–96 Beira-Mar *

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: 1998–99 * Segunda Liga: 2009–10

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palatsi, Jerome 1969 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen French men's footballers Footballers from Béziers Men's association football goalkeepers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Division d'Honneur players Montpellier HSC players Olympique Alès players FC Rouen players Pau FC players ES Grau-du-Roi players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Beira-Mar players Vitória S.C. players Moreirense F.C. players F.C. Penafiel players A.A. Avanca players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal