Nelson Palacio

Position: MF

Born: June 16, 2001 in Colombia, Colombia co

National Team: Colombia co

Club: Real Salt Lake

Wages: $300,000 Annual Expires December 2026. Via Capology.

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2024

MLS

Min

121

Gls

Ast

0.0

npxG

0.0

xAG

0.1

SCA

GCA

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Nelson Palacio Scouting Report

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vs. Midfielders

Nelson Palacio Scouting Report Table
Statistic	Per 90	Percentile
Non-Penalty Goals	0.00	12
npxG: Non-Penalty xG	0.02	14
Shots Total	0.85	42
Assists	0.08	53
xAG: Exp. Assisted Goals	0.02	4
npxG + xAG	0.05	6
Shot-Creating Actions	1.00	2

Passes Attempted	47.05	44
Pass Completion %	91.1%	98
Progressive Passes	3.09	9
Progressive Carries	0.23	2
Successful Take-Ons	0.70	53
Touches (Att Pen)	0.54	25
Progressive Passes Rec	1.08	27

Tackles	1.47	19
Interceptions	1.00	48
Blocks	0.85	18
Clearances	1.55	70
Aerials Won	0.39	11

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Last 5 Matches

Last 5 Matches Table
										Performance												Expected			SCA		Passes				Carries		Take-Ons
Date	Day	Round	Venue	Result	Squad	Opponent	Start	Pos	Min	Gls	Ast	PK	PKatt	Sh	SoT	CrdY	CrdR	Touches	Tkl	Int	Blocks	xG	npxG	xAG	SCA	GCA	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	PrgP	Carries	PrgC	Att	Succ	Match Report
2024-05-11	Sat	Regular Season	Away	D 2–2	RSL	LA Galaxy	N	FW,AM	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	2	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-05-04	Sat	Regular Season	Home	W 1–0	RSL	Sporting KC	N	FW	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	17	18	94.4	1	13	0	2	1	Match Report
2024-04-20	Sat	Regular Season	Away	W 4–0	RSL	Fire	N	DM	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1	0	11	14	78.6	0	12	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-04-06	Sat	Regular Season	Away	D 1–1	RSL	Minnesota Utd	N	DM	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	3	3	100.0	0	2	0	0	0	Match Report
2024-03-23	Sat	Regular Season	Away	W 2–1	RSL	Vancouver W'caps	N	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	3	3	100.0	0	1	0	0	0	Match Report

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Standard Stats: Domestic Leagues

Goal Logs

Standard Stats: Domestic Leagues Table
							Playing Time			Performance								Expected				Progression			Per 90 Minutes
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	7	1	194	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00						Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	37	22	2,122	23.6	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	1								0.04	0.04	0.08	0.04	0.08						Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		21	20	1,795	19.9	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	0								0.05	0.05	0.10	0.05	0.10						Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	11	10	864	9.6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	2	27	9	0.00	0.10	0.10	0.00	0.10	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.04	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	7	1	121	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0	3	1	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.05	0.07	0.02	0.07	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		83	54	5,096	56.6	2	3	5	2	0	0	8	1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	2	30	10	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.04	0.09	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.05
			Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Starts	Min	90s	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	PK	PKatt	CrdY	CrdR	xG	npxG	xAG	npxG+xAG	PrgC	PrgP	PrgR	Gls	Ast	G+A	G-PK	G+A-PK	xG	xAG	xG+xAG	npxG	npxG+xAG	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		65	43	4,111	45.7	2	2	4	2	0	0	5	1								0.04	0.04	0.09	0.04	0.09
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		18	11	985	10.9	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	2	30	10	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.05

Primera A (3 Seasons)						65	43	4,111	45.7	2	2	4	2	0	0	5	1								0.04	0.04	0.09	0.04	0.09
MLS (2 Seasons)						18	11	985	10.9	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	2	30	10	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.05

Shooting: Domestic Leagues

Goal Logs

Shooting: Domestic Leagues Table
							Standard												Expected
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2	0	2	1	50.0	0.93	0.46	0.00	0.00			0	0						Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6	1	17	7	41.2	0.72	0.30	0.06	0.14			0	0						Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9	1	14	1	7.1	0.70	0.05	0.07	1.00			0	0						Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	0	8	3	37.5	0.83	0.31	0.00	0.00	27.1	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.04	-0.3	-0.3	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	0	2	0	0.0	1.49	0.00	0.00		23.8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.01	0.0	0.0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	2	43	12	27.9	0.76	0.21	0.05	0.17	26.4	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.03	-0.3	-0.3
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT	Dist	FK	PK	PKatt	xG	npxG	npxG/Sh	G-xG	np:G-xG	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7	2	33	9	27.3	0.72	0.20	0.06	0.22			0	0
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	0	10	3	30.0	0.91	0.27	0.00	0.00	26.4	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.03	-0.3	-0.3

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7	2	33	9	27.3	0.72	0.20	0.06	0.22			0	0
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	0	10	3	30.0	0.91	0.27	0.00	0.00	26.4	0	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.03	-0.3	-0.3

Passing: Domestic Leagues

Passing: Domestic Leagues Table
							Total					Short			Medium			Long					Expected
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2															0									Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6															1									Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9															1									Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	390	430	90.7	8162	1894	134	146	91.8	172	179	96.1	79	93	84.9	1	0.1	0.2	+0.9	3	35	2	0	27	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	84	93	90.3	1448	407	40	43	93.0	35	38	92.1	7	8	87.5	0	0.1	0.1	-0.1	1	9	1	1	3	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	474	523	90.6	9610	2301	174	189	92.1	207	217	95.4	86	101	85.1	3	0.2	0.3	+2.8	4	44	3	1	30
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	TotDist	PrgDist	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Ast	xAG	xA	A-xAG	KP	1/3	PPA	CrsPA	PrgP	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7															2
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	474	523	90.6	9610	2301	174	189	92.1	207	217	95.4	86	101	85.1	1	0.2	0.3	+0.8	4	44	3	1	30

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7															2
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	474	523	90.6	9610	2301	174	189	92.1	207	217	95.4	86	101	85.1	1	0.2	0.3	+0.8	4	44	3	1	30

Pass Types: Domestic Leagues

Pass Types: Domestic Leagues Table
								Pass Types								Corner Kicks			Outcomes
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2							1									Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6							12									Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9							4									Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	430	424	5	5	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	390	1	4	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	93	91	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	84	0	3	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	523	515	7	7	0	10	19	0	0	0	0	0	474	1	7
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Att	Live	Dead	FK	TB	Sw	Crs	TI	CK	In	Out	Str	Cmp	Off	Blocks	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7							17
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	523	515	7	7	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	474	1	7

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7							17
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	523	515	7	7	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	474	1	7

Goal and Shot Creation: Domestic Leagues

Goal and Shot Creation: Domestic Leagues Table
							SCA		SCA Types						GCA		GCA Types
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2																	Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6																	Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9																	Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	9	0.94	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	0	0	0	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	2	1.48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	11	1.00	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	0	0	0
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	SCA	SCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	GCA	GCA90	PassLive	PassDead	TO	Sh	Fld	Def	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	11	1.00	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	0	0	0

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	11	1.00	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	0	0	0

Defensive Actions: Domestic Leagues

Defensive Actions: Domestic Leagues Table
							Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2		4											3				Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6		36											14				Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9		21											12				Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	12	10	10	2	0	8	22	36.4	14	7	2	5	10	22	11	0	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	5	3	4	1	0	3	6	50.0	3	3	0	3	1	6	6	0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	17	74	14	3	0	11	28	39.3	17	10	2	8	40	28	17	0
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7		61											29	0
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	17	13	14	3	0	11	28	39.3	17	10	2	8	11	28	17	0

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7		61											29	0
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	17	13	14	3	0	11	28	39.3	17	10	2	8	11	28	17	0

Possession: Domestic Leagues

Possession: Domestic Leagues Table
							Touches							Take-Ons					Carries								Receiving
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2																							Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6																							Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9																							Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	503	16	126	340	42	4	503	10	6	60.0	2	20.0	315	1288	434	2	7	0	10	5	364	9	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	122	6	42	63	17	2	122	3	2	66.7	1	33.3	61	190	72	0	2	0	2	4	76	1	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	625	22	168	403	59	6	625	13	8	61.5	3	23.1	376	1478	506	2	9	0	12	9	440	10
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	Touches	Def Pen	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Att Pen	Live	Att	Succ	Succ%	Tkld	Tkld%	Carries	TotDist	PrgDist	PrgC	1/3	CPA	Mis	Dis	Rec	PrgR	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	625	22	168	403	59	6	625	13	8	61.5	3	23.1	376	1478	506	2	9	0	12	9	440	10

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	625	22	168	403	59	6	625	13	8	61.5	3	23.1	376	1478	506	2	9	0	12	9	440	10

Playing Time: Domestic Leagues

Playing Time: Domestic Leagues Table
							Playing Time				Starts			Subs			Team Success						Team Success (xG)
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	7	194	28	5.7	2.2	1	90	1	6	17	1	1.54	3	0	+3	+1.39	+0.33						Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	37	2,122	57	49.1	23.6	22	82	15	15	21	3	1.68	35	28	+7	+0.30	-0.36						Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		21	1,795	85	36.7	19.9	20	88	17	1	28	0	1.67	21	15	+6	+0.30							Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	11	864	79	28.2	9.6	10	85	6	1	16	1	1.23	14	18	-4	-0.42	-0.50	10.1	13.3	-3.2	-0.33	-0.24	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	7	121	17	11.2	1.3	1	65	0	6	9	5	2.00	2	3	-1	-0.74	-1.68	1.3	2.2	-0.9	-0.64	-0.91	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		83	5,096	61	30.4	56.6	54	85	39	29	18	10	1.63	75	64	+11	+0.19	-0.31	11.5	15.5	-4.0	-0.37	-0.39
			Country	Comp	LgRank	MP	Min	Mn/MP	Min%	90s	Starts	Mn/Start	Compl	Subs	Mn/Sub	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off	onxG	onxGA	xG+/-	xG+/-90	On-Off	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		65	4,111	63	32.5	45.7	43	85	33	22	20	4	1.66	59	43	+16	+0.35	-0.22
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		18	985	55	23.8	10.9	11	83	6	7	10	6	1.53	16	21	-5	-0.46	-0.80	11.5	15.5	-4.0	-0.37	-0.39

Primera A (3 Seasons)						65	4,111	63	32.5	45.7	43	85	33	22	20	4	1.66	59	43	+16	+0.35	-0.22
MLS (2 Seasons)						18	985	55	23.8	10.9	11	83	6	7	10	6	1.53	16	21	-5	-0.46	-0.80	11.5	15.5	-4.0	-0.37	-0.39

Miscellaneous Stats: Domestic Leagues

Miscellaneous Stats: Domestic Leagues Table
							Performance													Aerial Duels
Season	Age	Squad	Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%	Matches
2021	19	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	1st	2.2	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	3	4			0					Matches
2022	20	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A	4th	23.6	3	1	0	36	35	0	12	14	36			0					Matches
2023	21	Nacional	co COL	1. Primera A		19.9	2	0	0	20	10	1	4	12	21			0					Matches
2023	21	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	11th	9.6	3	0	0	16	9	0	1	10	10	0	0	0	56	4	4	50.0	Matches
2024	22	RSL	us USA	1. MLS	3rd	1.3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	2	0.0	Matches
4 Seasons		2 Clubs		2 Leagues		56.6	8	1	0	81	56	1	19	40	74	0	0	0	63	4	6	40.0
			Country	Comp	LgRank	90s	CrdY	CrdR	2CrdY	Fls	Fld	Off	Crs	Int	TklW	PKwon	PKcon	OG	Recov	Won	Lost	Won%	Matches
Nacional (3 Seasons)				1 League		45.7	5	1	0	63	46	1	17	29	61			0
RSL (2 Seasons)				1 League		10.9	3	0	0	18	10	0	2	11	13	0	0	0	63	4	6	40.0

Primera A (3 Seasons)						45.7	5	1	0	63	46	1	17	29	61			0
MLS (2 Seasons)						10.9	3	0	0	18	10	0	2	11	13	0	0	0	63	4	6	40.0

Player Club Summary

Leaderboard Appearances, Awards, and Honors

Expected Goals (xG explained) and other Advanced Data provided by Opta, and is available for these competitions.

Wages

Data via Capology.

About FBref.com

FBref.com launched (June 13, 2018) with domestic league coverage for England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United States. Since then we have been steadily expanding our coverage to include domestic leagues from over 40 countries as well as domestic cup, super cup and youth leagues from top European countries. We have also added coverage for major international cups such as the UEFA Champions League and Copa Libertadores.

FBref is the most complete sources for women's football data on the internet. This includes the entire history of the FIFA Women's World Cup as well as recent domestic league seasons from nine countries, including advanced stats like xG for most of those nine.

In collaboration with Opta, we are including advanced analytical data such as xG, xA, progressive passing, duels and more for over twenty competitions. For more information on the expected goals model and which competitions have advanced data, see our xG explainer.

Note that player records are likely not complete for their careers. Players may come from or move to leagues we don't currently cover. This issue will go down over time, as we add new leagues and seasons. We will never in the future have less data than we do today.

You can sign up to receive an e-mail when new countries and features launch.

For more information, see our Launch Blog Post, the overall leagues/competition page with details on leagues and seasons we include, or our About Page. Let us know if you find an issue or have a suggestion.

FBref is one of seven Sports-Reference.com sites.

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Stats by Competition

Match Logs (Summary)

Match Logs (Passing)

Match Logs (Pass Types)

Match Logs (Goal and Shot Creation)

Match Logs (Defensive Actions)

Match Logs (Possession)

Match Logs (Miscellaneous Stats)

Scouting Report

Stathead & Player Comparison