Palacios with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Helibelton Palacios Zapata[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Santander de Quilichao, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Deportivo Cali | 109 | (4) |
| 2014 | → La Equidad (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Club Brugge | 16 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Atlético Nacional | 92 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Elche | 61 | (0) |
| 2023– | Cruzeiro | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Colombia U20 | 12 | (0) |
| 2015– | Colombia | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Colombia Olympic | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2022 | |||
Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brazilian club Cruzeiro.
Palacios made his senior debut with Deportivo Cali in 2011, in a 2–1 defeat against Águilas Doradas.[3] After featuring sparingly, he played the 2014 season on loan at La Equidad,[4] before returning to his parent club and winning the league title in 2015.[5]
On 27 December 2016, Deportivo Cali announced the transfer of Palacios to Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[6] After rarely featuring, he returned to Colombia on 16 January 2018 to join Atlético Nacional.[7] In October 2018, he played in the first leg of the Copa Colombia final in a 2–2 draw against Once Caldas.[8] His team won the second leg, and were crowned champions on a 4–3 aggregate score.[9]
On 4 February 2021, free agent Palacios signed for La Liga side Elche CF.[10] At the end of the 2022-23 La Liga season, he rejected a contract renewal offer from the club, becoming a free agent.[11]
In June 2023, Palacios signed a pre-contract with Brazilian Série A club Cruzeiro, joining the club on a 1.5 years contract.[12]
Palacios represented Colombiaatunder-20 level[13][14] before making his full international debut in 2015. He also featured for the under-23s in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportivo Cali | 2011 | Categoría Primera A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 109 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 5 | ||
| La Equidad (loan) | 2014 | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Club Brugge | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 2019 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Total | 92 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Elche | 2020–21 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Cruzerio | 2023 | Brazilian Série A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 302 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 369 | 6 | ||
Deportivo Cali
Atlético Nacional
Colombia U20
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