Rodrigo Palacio, runner-up in the world with Argentina in 2014; who played until last year with Brescia Calcio, in the Italian Serie B, gave the surprise this week. And it is that he abandoned football to switch to semi-professional basketball with a quintet from the Italian fourth division.
A few days ago, the Argentine announced his retirement from professional football with a message on Twitter: “ Thank you very much for everything, football”. However, he shared a video in which he is seen playing a friendly tournament with the Garegnano shirt 73, a team Milanese who competes in Serie D.
“Let no one tell you how old you can play basketball”, said Palacio, who is 1.73 meters, in your publication. It is worth remembering that the former Argentine soccer player was born in Bahía Blanca, where the Argentine Emanuel Ginóbili comes from, recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
After a campaign with Brescia, where he played 33 games, scored 6 goals and distributed 4 assists, Rodrigo Palacio began his second sports career, this time in a discipline in which he uses his hands, even though it already counts 40 year old. The only thing is that he did not enjoy a dream debut: his first basketball game ended in defeat (73-73) and only contributed 4 points.
The trajectory of Rodrigo Palacio
El Trenza, as he is known, was one of the the big Argentine names in Serie A, where he played for Genoa, Inter Milan and Bologna. Before making the leap to Europe, he defended the shield of Bella Vista (2001-2002), Hurricane (2002- 2002), Banfield (2004) and Boca Juniors (2005-2009).
His time in the albiceleste team, with which he played two World Cups (Germany 2006 and Brazil 2022), will be remembered for her mistake facing the goal in that final against Germany in 2014. And it is that he was able to score the decisive goal to get the long-awaited World Cup, in a play in which he had to define down, but he sent the ball over the goal.
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El Trenza, as he is known, was one of the the big Argentine names in Serie A, where he played for Genoa, Inter Milan and Bologna. Before making the leap to Europe, he defended the shield of Bella Vista (2001-2002), Hurricane (2002- 2002), Banfield (2004) and Boca Juniors (2005-2009).
His time in the albiceleste team, with which he played two World Cups (Germany 2006 and Brazil 2022), will be remembered for her mistake facing the goal in that final against Germany in 2014. And it is that he was able to score the decisive goal to get the long-awaited World Cup, in a play in which he had to define down, but he sent the ball over the goal.
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