Manuel Palacios

For the Mexican actor, see Manuel Palacios (actor).

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

Manuel Palacios

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Emilio Palacios Murillo
Date of birth	(1993-02-13) 13 February 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Quibdó, Colombia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Wuhan Three Towns
Number	11
Youth career
2012	Patriotas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Patriotas	47	(2)
2014–2016	Atlético CP	53	(9)
2016–2017	Real	27	(2)
2017–2018	Alianza Petrolera	46	(5)
2019	Atlético Huila	0	(0)
2019	→ FC Anyang (loan)	34	(11)
2020–2022	Pohang Steelers	52	(7)
2022	Seongnam FC	29	(3)
2023–2024	Chengdu Rongcheng	43	(10)
2025–	Wuhan Three Towns	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 January 2023

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.^[1]

He made his debut on 31 August 2014 against C.D. Trofense.,^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

On 17 February 2025, Palacios joined another Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.^[5]

Career statistics

As of 4 November 2023^[6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Patriotas	2012	Categoría Primera A	14	0	6	3	–		–		–		20	3
	2013		26	1	7	0	–		–		–		33	1
	2014		7	1	0	0	–		–		–		7	1
	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
	2015–16		19	3	0	0	0	0	–		–		19	3
	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
	2018		31	4	2	0	–		–		–		33	4
	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			11	3	0	0	–		–		–		11	3
Pohang Steelers	2020	K League 1	25	5	4	0	–		–		–		29	5
	2021		26	1	2	0	–		5	0	–		33	1
	2022		1	1	0	0	–		–		–		1	1
	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			316	43	31	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	352	49