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Key facts
- 2004
- Alavés
- 2019
- Pachuca
- 2023
- Platense
- 2025
- Fortaleza
- Full name
- Martín Palermo
- Date of birth
- ( 1973-11-07 ) 7 November 1973 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- La Plata, Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1992 1997
- Estudiantes de La Plata
- 1997 2001
- Boca Juniors
- 2001 2003
- Villarreal
- 2003 2004
- Betis
- 2004 2011
- Boca Juniors
- 1999 2010
- Argentina
- 2012 2013
- Godoy Cruz
- 2014 2015
- Arsenal de Sarandí
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- La Plata
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Real Betis Balompié
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Argentina
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Martin palermo fkm08.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- Commons category
- Martín Palermo
- date of birth
- 1973-11-07
- pseudonym
- El Loco
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 4
- total goals in career
- 2
- coach of sports team
- Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
- P10632
- Martín Palermo
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Encyclopedic overview
Martín Palermo ( Spanish pronunciation: [maɾˈtim paˈleɾmo]; born 7 November 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Palermo played mainly as a forward for Boca Juniors. A prolific goalscorer, he is Boca Juniors' all-time top scorer with 236 goals, and is placed 7th among all-time Primera División top scorers with 227 goals in 408 matches. He also played in Argentina for Estudiantes de La Plata and in Spain for Villarreal, Real Betis, and Alavés. During his playing career, he was nicknamed Loco (pronounced [ˈloko], English: crazy) and Titán (pronounced [tiˈtan], English: titan). In a 2008 poll, Boca Juniors fans chose him as the greatest idol in the club's history.
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