# Manuel Palacios

Manuel Emilio Palacios Murillo (born 13 February 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League side Wuhan Three Towns.

## Club career

Born in Quibdó, Palacios started competing at Patriotas F.C., in the Colombian first tier. After nearly fifty league appearances in two seasons, the 21-year-old made his first move abroad, and joined Atlético CP, in the Portuguese Segunda Liga, on 19 July 2014, as a free player.
He made his debut on 31 August 2014 against C.D. Trofense., adding over thirty caps throughout his first season, seeing the club relegated.
In 2019, Palacios joined FC Anyang in the Korean K League 2 on loan from Atlético Huila. After a great season at FC Anyang, Palacio was transferred to K League 1 giants Pohang Steelers for the 2020–2021 season.
In 2022 March, after playing for 1 match and scoring 1 goal for Pohang Steelers, he moved to Seongnam FC.
On 8 April 2023, Palacios joined Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.
On 17 February 2025, Palacios joined another Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.

## Career statistics

    As of 4 November 2023
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Patriotas | 2012 | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 3 |
| Patriotas | 2013 | Categoría Primera A | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| Patriotas | 2014 | Categoría Primera A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| Patriotas | Total | Total | 47 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 |
| Atlético CP | 2014–15 | LigaPro | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 7 |
| Atlético CP | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 |
| Atlético CP | Total | Total | 53 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 10 |
| Real | 2016–17 | Campeonato de Portugal | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 2 |
| Alianza Petrolera | 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 1 |
| Alianza Petrolera | 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 4 |
| Alianza Petrolera | Total | Total | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 |
| FC Anyang (loan) | 2019 | K League 2 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 10 |
| FC Anyang | 2019 | K League 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 |
| Pohang Steelers | 2020 | K League 1 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 5 |
| Pohang Steelers | 2021 | K League 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| Pohang Steelers | 2022 | K League 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Pohang Steelers | Total | Total | 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7 |
| Seongnam FC | 2022 | K League 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 3 |
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 316 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 352 | 49 |