Byron Palacios
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1995)
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Byron Efraín Palacios Vélez (Alhajuela, Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador; February 20, 1995)[1] is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward, and his current team is Universidad Católica from the Ecuadorian Serie A.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Byron Efraín Palacios Vélez | ||
| Date of birth | February 20, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Portoviejo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad Católica | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Colón F.C. | 17 | (5) |
| 2016 | Rocafuerte F.C. | 21 | (13) |
| 2017–2019 | C.S. Emelec | 7 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | C.D. El Nacional | 34 | (13) |
| 2022 | Emelec | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | Técnico Universitario | 14 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | C.D. El Nacional | 38 | (10) |
| 2024– | Universidad Católica | 34 | (19) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 20, 2025 | |||
Club career
He started as a footballer in Colón F.C., where he played in Ecuadorian Serie B, with which in the 2015 season he played 16 games and scored 4 goals.[2]
In 2016, he arrived at Rocafuerte FC of the Second Category of Ecuador (a subsidiary of CS Emelec) at the request of coach Javier Klimowicz. Due to his good performances, he had with the team, the following year he became part of the Emelec reserves of Ecuadorian Serie A, where he manages to score several goals, including a triplet scored against Barcelona S.C. in a classic from Reserve Shipyard, which made the head coach at that time Mariano Soso summon him to the first team.[2]
His debut with the main squad in Serie A was on October 21, 2018, in the game that his team faced Mácara, where he scored his first goal, which was the fastest of his career taking only 33 seconds in the field of play, that meeting ended with a score of 3 to 1 in favor of the electric team,[3] a result that was useful for him to play the final of that season against the L.D.U. Quito, where he managed to play the second leg at the Stadium Rodrigo Paz Delgado, coming out runner-up.
In June 2019, he was loaned to El Nacional until the end of the season.[4] He played his first match with the military jersey on the first day of the second stage of the 2019 Ecuadorian championship, where his team won 1 to 0 against Barcelona SC. His first goal with the Puros Criollos shirt marked him on date 8 of Serie A 2020 against the C.D. Olmedo, in the triumph of his team by 3 to 2.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 29 June 2025.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colón F.C. | 2015 | 16 | 4 | — | — | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 17 | 5 | — | — | 17 | 5 | |||
| Rocafuerte F.C. | 2016 | 11 | 7 | — | — | 11 | 7 | ||
| 2018 | 10 | 6 | — | — | 10 | 6 | |||
| Total | 21 | 13 | — | — | 21 | 13 | |||
| C.S. Emelec | 2018 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| C.D. El Nacional | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 6 | ||
| C.S. Emelec | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| C.D. Técnico Universitario | 2022 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 4 | |
| C.D. El Nacional | 2023 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Total | 76 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 19 | |
| C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador | 2024 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 10 | |
| Total | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 13 | |
| Career total | 166 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 182 | 55 | |