Jose Luis Palomino

Jose Luis Palomino (born 5 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta.

Palomino began his professional career with San Lorenzo, before joining Argentinos Juniors in 2013. After the 2013–14 season, he moved to Ligue 1 club Metz. In 2016 Palomino signed with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad, with whom he won league title, before joining Atalanta in June 2017.

Playing in both centre–back and left–back positions, Palomino is capable of playing in aerial play and tackling. At Atalanta, under the manager of Gian Piero Gasperini, Palomino established himself as a starting line-up defender, playing either in the middle or on the left of a back three.

Club Career

San Lorenzo

Born in San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, Palomino started his youth career at San Lorenzo, one of Argentina's historic sides, joining the club when he was thirteen years old. Palomino previously played for Leon XIII School before leaving the academy, due to his mischief. After progressing through the ranks of the club's youth system, he was promoted to the first team.

Palomino made his San Lorenzo debut, starting the match and played 54 minutes before suffering an injury, resulting in his substitution, as the club 3–2 won against Tigre on 27 September 2009. Following the recovery of his injury, he continued to remain in the substitute bench for the next six months. Palomino did not make another appearance for the side until on 26 April 2010, when he played the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 loss against Boca Juniors. Having broken into the first team, he went on to make five appearances for San Lorenzo.

In the 2010–11 season, Palomino, however, found himself placed on the substitute bench following the new management of Ramon Diaz.

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