Byron Efraín Palacios Vélez (Alhajuela, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador; February 20, 1995)[1] is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward and his current team is Universidad Católica from Ecuadorian Serie A.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Byron Efraín Palacios Vélez | ||
| Date of birth | February 20, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Portoviejo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Colón F.C. | 16 | (4) |
| 2016 | Rocafuerte F.C. | ? | (?) |
| 2017–2019 | C.S. Emelec | 6 | (1) |
| 2019–present | C.D. El Nacional | 13 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 13, 2021 | |||
Club career
editHe started as a footballer in Colón F.C when he played in Ecuadorian Serie B, with which in the 2015 season he played 16 games and scored 4 goals.[2]
In 2016 he arrived at Rocafuerte FC of the Second Category of Ecuador (a subsidiary of CS Emelec) at the request of coach Javier Klimowicz, and due to his good performances he had with the team, the following year he became part of the Emelec reserves of Ecuadorian Serie A, where he manages to score several goals, including a triplet scored against Barcelona S.C. in a classic from Reserve Shipyard, which made the head coach at that time Mariano Soso summon him to the first team.[2]
His debut with the main squad in Serie A was on October 21, 2018, in the game that his team faced Mácara, where he scored his first goal, which was the fastest of his career taking only 33 seconds in the field of play, that meeting ended with a score of 3 to 1 in favor of the electric team,[3] a result that was useful for him to play the final of that season against the L.D.U. Quito where he managed to play the second leg at the Stadium Rodrigo Paz Delgado, coming out runner-up.
In June 2019 he was loaned to El Nacional until the end of the season.[4] He played his first match with the military jersey for the first day of the second stage of the 2019 Ecuadorian championship where his team won 1 to 0 to Barcelona SC. His first goal with the puros criollos shirt marked him on date 8 of Serie A 2020 against the C.D. Olmedo, in the triumph of his team by 3 to 2.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Byron Palacios". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ a b "La emotiva historia de Byron Palacios que debutó con gol en Emelec". 90min.com (in Spanish). October 23, 2018. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ "Byron Palacios necesitó 33 segundos para marcar su primer gol en la serie A". El Comercio (in Spanish). October 22, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ a b "infocancha". infocancha (in Spanish). Retrieved May 14, 2021.
External links
edit- Byron Palacios at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Byron Palacios at Soccerway