| Helibelton Palacios | |
| Fullname: | Helibelton Palacios Zapata[1] |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Santander de Quilichao, Colombia |
| Height: | 1.77 m[2] |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Currentclub: | Sport (on loan from Cruzeiro) |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Years1: | 2011–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Deportivo Cali |
| Caps1: | 109 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → La Equidad (loan) |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Club Brugge |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs4: | Atlético Nacional |
| Caps4: | 92 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Elche |
| Caps5: | 61 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Cruzeiro |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | → Sport (loan) |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Colombia U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam2: | Colombia |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Colombia Olympic |
| Nationalcaps3: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 27 July 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 5 June 2022 |
Helibelton Palacios Zapata (born 11 June 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Brazilian club Sport, on loan from 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 Colombia at under-20 level[13] [14] before making his full international debut in 2015. He also featured for the under-23s in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[15] | 0 | — | 28 | 3 | ||||
| 2015 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[16] | 0 | 2[17] | 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[18] | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[19] | 0 | — | 50 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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