Mirko Palazzi

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Mirko Palazzi
SVK vs. SMR 2024 San Marino Nr. 3 Palazzi.jpg
Palazzi with San Marino against Slovakia (2024)
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Rimini, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Centre-back [1]
Team information
Current team
 Tre Penne
Number 3
Youth career
Rimini
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Castelnuovo 1 (0)
2007 Bellaria 0 (0)
2007–2009 Verucchio 55 (1)
2009–2010 Tre Penne 21 (12)
2010–2013 Rimini 52 (4)
2013–2014 Cosenza 21 (0)
2014 Tre Penne 2 (1)
2014–2015 San Marino 8 (0)
2015–2016 Gualdo Casacastalda 24 (2)
2016–2019 Tre Penne 63 (10)
2019–2020 Marignanese
2020 Tre Penne 4 (0)
2020 Marignanese
2020–2021 Cattolica 21 (0)
2021 Tre Penne 0 (0)
2021–2022 Cattolica 17 (0)
2022–2024 Cosmos 53 (0)
2024– Tre Penne 25 (1)
International career‡
2005– San Marino 75 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024

Mirko Palazzi (born 21 March 1987) is an Italian-Sammarinese footballer who plays as a defender for Tre Penne and the San Marino national team.

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Club career

A right back, Palazzi for a while was the only professional Sanmarinese footballer. [2] He started his career at hometown club Rimini. However Palazzi only played once in 2006–07 Serie C2. Palazzi then played 2 seasons in Serie D for Verucchio, a local side within the Province of Rimini. Palazzi played for Sanmarinese amateur club Tre Penne. He scored two goals in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League before returned to Rimini for the re-established Rimini: A.C. Rimini 1912 with the new entity being admitted Serie D after the old entity was expelled from Lega Pro. A.C. Rimini was promoted in that season as the winner of inter-group promotion playoffs. Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Palazzi joined Italian club AS San Giovanni Marignanese. [3] [4] [5]

International career

He was first called-up to the San Marino national football team in 2005 ahead of their match in Sarajevo against Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. [6] He was capped in the last two matches of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), as well as also featuring in a game in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

He scored his first international goal for San Marino against Azerbaijan national football team in a FIFA World Cup qualification match in 2017, in a 5-1 defeat. [6]

International goals

Scores and results list San Marino's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2017 Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–41–5 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

He was born in Rimini, Emilia–Romagna, Italy to an Italian father and a Sammarinese mother. [7] Palazzi works as a sales advisor while also playing football. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Mirko Palazzi at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Poole, Henry (8 October 2014). "England v San Marino: Simoncini - cheating death to facing Rooney". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Calcio Eccellenza: la Marignanese ufficializza bomber Sartori, quasi fatta per Mirko Palazzi, altarimini.it, 8 June 2019
  4. ↑ Rampling, Ali (25 March 2021). "San Marino: Meet the amateur side preparing to take on England". 90min.com. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Giardi, Leonardo (10 January 2021). "Palazzi: "A Wembley per la terza volta nella mia carriera per me una grande soddisfazione"". sanmarinortv. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. 1 2 Smith, Dom (15 December 2018). "Talking England: Mirko Palazzi". England Football. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Mirko Palazzi, dal Castelnuovo al tempio di Wembley con la maglia del San Marino (in Italian)
  8. ↑ "Instagram".
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