Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Spanish club Elche CF.
![]() Palacios with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Helibelton Palacios Zapata | ||
Date of birth | (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 29) | ||
Place of birth | Santander de Quilichao, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Elche | ||
Number | 14 | ||
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– | Elche | 41 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Colombia U20 | 12 | (0) |
2015– | Colombia | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Colombia Olympic | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:57, 19 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2019 |
Palacios made his senior debut with Deportivo Cali in 2011. After featuring sparingly, he played the 2014 season on loan at La Equidad before returning to his parent club and winning the league title in 2015.
On 27 December 2016, Deportivo Cali announced the transfer of Palacios to Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[2] After featuring rarely, he returned to his home country on 16 January 2018 to join Atlético Nacional.[3]
On 4 February 2021, free agent Palacios signed for La Liga side Elche CF.[4]
Palacios represented Colombia at under-20 level[5][6] 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | |||
2015 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
2016 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 51 | 0 |
2019 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | |||
2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||
Career total | 243 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 306 | 6 |
Elche CF – current squad | |
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Colombia men's football squad – 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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