Milton Palacios | |
Fullname: | Milton José Palacios Suazo |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1980 |
Birth Place: | La Ceiba, Honduras |
Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
Position: | Centre-back |
Years1: | 1998–1999 |
Years2: | 1999–2002 |
Years3: | 2002–2007 |
Years4: | 2007–2009 |
Years5: | 2009 |
Years6: | 2009–2010 |
Years7: | 2011 |
Clubs1: | Olimpia |
Clubs7: | Victoria |
Caps2: | 58 |
Goals2: | 6 |
Caps4: | 35 |
Goals4: | 5 |
Caps5: | 1 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Caps6: | 11 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Caps7: | 15 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2003–2006 |
Nationalteam1: | Honduras |
Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 2007 |
Ntupdate: | 2007 |
Milton José Palacios Suazo (pronounced as /es/; born December 2, 1980) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a centre-back.
A tall central defender, Palacios started his career with Olimpia and also played for Victoria. After a 2003 friendly match between Olimpia and Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo, Iván Zamorano (then a Colo-Colo player) recommended him for the Chilean club;[1] however, both teams failed to reach an agreement despite Colo-Colo having registered the player, and Palacios remained in Olimpia. He joined Marathón in May 2007,[2] but left them in summer 2009 for a short spell at Olimpia[3] only to return to Marathón the same year.In December 2010 he returned to Victoria.[4]
Palacios made his debut for Honduras in an April 2003 friendly match against Paraguay and has earned a total of 15 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]
His final international was a September 2006 friendly match against El Salvador.
He is a son of Eulogio and Orfilia Palacios and is the oldest of 5 brothers: Johnny, Jerry, Wilson and Edwin René Palacios. On 30 October 2007 Edwin, aged 14, was kidnapped in La Ceiba;[6] he was found murdered one year and seven months later in Omoa.[7] .[8]