Exequiel

Palacios

Exequiel Palacios history

Exequiel Palacios was born on 5 October 1998 in Famailla and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He played for CA River Plate from 2008-2019 and has played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2020.

Current season 2023/24

With two assists, he currently has the second-most in his team along with Jonas Hofmann, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florian Wirtz and Victor Boniface. In four of the previous five games of the season, the 24-year-old was in the starting line-up. Of these five games, he won 4 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for one game.

The player with the shirt number 25 has been fouled 11 times this season. He therefore occupies fifth position in the league-wide statistics. He is in fourth place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (91.39 per cent) and tackle success rate (56.76 per cent). He has been in individual possession of the ball 406 times and shares 10th place in the league statistics for this category with Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund).

Last game

Exequiel Palacios played his last game on the fifth matchday of the 2023/24 season (24 September 2023). He was victorious over 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 4-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 71 minutes. Here, he provided two assists. In terms of total touches, he had 106 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 13 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Exequiel Palacios was able to win seven. He was additionally able to make 89 successful passes. He covered a distance of 9.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Exequiel Palacios had a total of 15 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Exequiel Palacios has played 65 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 36. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here, Exequiel Palacios has put a total of eight balls in the net.

International appointments

Exequiel Palacios won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022.