Genino Palace

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Genino Palace
Personal information
Full name Genino Tyrell Palace
Date of birth (1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stellenbosch
Number 28
Youth career
Stars of Africa Academy
2017–2018 Sacavenense
2018–2020 Braga
2020–2022 Académica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Maritzburg United 37 (2)
2023– Stellenbosch 21 (0)
International career‡
2023– South Africa 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2023

Genino Tyrell Palace (born 19 December 1998) is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Stellenbosch in the Premier Soccer League.

Career

He hails from Westbury, Johannesburg. Attending the Stars of Africa Academy, he was set on a transfer to Portugal. After a trial with Braga B ended up without a contract offer, Palace played one season for Sacavenense before joining S.C. Braga's academy. His inspirations were Steven Pienaar, who was from Westbury as well, and Luther Singh, who broke through in Portugal while Palace lived there. [2]

Palace moved on to Académica Coimbra 's academy in 2020. [3] In January 2022 his time in Portugal was over, as Palace moved back to South Africa and Maritzburg United. [4]

Here he made his first-tier debut, [5] breaking through in the 2022-23 South African Premier Division as a "deep-lying playmaker", but Maritzburg United was relegated. Clubs such as Stellenbosch were rumored to sign him. [4] [6]

Palace was also called up for South Africa for the 2023 COSAFA Cup, where he made his international debut. [1] He played the third/fourth place playoff match against Malawi, which South Africa won. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Genino Palace at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ↑ Kohler, Lorenz (22 February 2019). "Genino Palace: South African midfielder on journey to S.C Braga and why he was hidden from the media". Kickoff. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Kohler, Lorenz (29 September 2020). "Genino Palace joins Academica after SC Braga stint". Kickoff. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 Kohler, Lorenz (29 June 2023). "Maritzburg Face Battle To Retain Talented Midfielder". iDiski Times. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Genino Palace at Soccerway
  6. ↑ Kohler, Lorenz (21 July 2023). "Palace Set For DStv Premiership Switch" . Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  7. ↑ Dindi, Sithembiso (16 July 2023). "Bafana Bafana take Cosafa Cup third place from Malawi on penalties". The Sowetan. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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