José Luis Palomino

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

Palomino is capable of playing in aerial play and tackling.

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 Ramón Díaz.

He made his first appearance for San Lorenzo on 10 October 2010, playing the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Lanús.

A month later on 21 November 2010, Palomino made his second appearance of the season for the club, as he helped them keep a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw against River Plate.

After the match, Díaz praised Palomino's performance "for having played "one of the best games" of his short career, after fulfilling the role of "marking Ariel Ortega." His performance was subjected of a transfer bid from Primeira Liga side Benfica, which San Lorenzo rejected the bid. Since then, he found himself in and out of the first team, as the 2010–11 season. In the last game of the season against Banfield, Palomino set up the equalising goal, resulting in a 1–1 draw. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he made eleven appearances in all competitions.

At the start of the 2011–12 season, Palomino appeared in the first four league matches of the season.

However, he suffered injuries on two occasions that saw him sidelined for two months.

Palomino did not return to the starting lineup until 5 November 2011, when his team drew 1–1 against Club Olimpo.

After returning from injury, he continued to regain his first team place, rotating in playing the centre–back and left–back positions.

Despite being sidelined on three more occasions later in the 2011–12 season, Palomino went on to make 25 appearances in all competitions.

At the start of the 2012–13 season, Palomino started in the first two league matches of the season, playing in the left–back position.

After spending a month from the first team, he didn't make his return to the starting line–up against Vélez Sarsfield on 22 September 2012, as they lost 2–1.

However, Palomino was in an altercation with teammate Pablo Alvarado at half-time, which had to be resolved by teammates and coaching staff.

Following this, he found himself out of favour by Manager Juan Antonio Pizzi and never played for San Lorenzo again.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Palomino made three appearances in all competitions.

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.

It was announced on 8 July 2013 that Argentinos Juniors acquired Palomino from San Lorenzo for an undisclosed fee.

Palomino made his Argentinos Juniors debut, playing the whole game, in a 3–1 loss against Godoy Cruz in the opening game of the season.

This was followed up by helping the club keep five consecutive clean sheets against Club Atlético Colón, San Lorenzo, Tigre, Arsenal de Sarandí and All Boys.

However, he suffered an injury that kept him out for three weeks.

Palomino did not return to the starting line–up until 12 October 2013 against Atlético de Rafaela.

Since returning to the first team, he regained his first team place, playing in the left–back position.

However, by the second half of the season, Palomino soon found himself out of the first team, due to competitions and his own injury concern.

At the end of the 2013–14 season, he made eighteen appearances in all competitions.

During his stay at the club, Palomino attracted the attentions of European clubs, including French side FC Metz, which signed him in the summer of 2014 and signed a two–year contract with the club.

Upon joining the club, he said: "I am Palomino and I am happy to be here in Metz. I haven't met Guido yet. I am happy that there is another Argentinian in the team because it will facilitate my integration in the squad but also in everyday life. I am already starting to discover the city, which I find very pleasant, now I hope to adapt quickly to the group and learn French."

Having spent the first six league matches on the substitute bench, Palomino made his FC Metz debut, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute, in a 1–0 win against Guingamp on 24 September 2014.

A month later against OGC Nice in the third round of the Coupe de la Ligue, he scored his first goal for the club and then scored the winning penalty in the shoot–out, resulting in a 3–2 result after the game was played 120 minutes following a 3–3 draw.

Palomino started in the left–back position for FC Metz on three occasions by the end of the year.

By the second half or the season, he soon established himself in the centre–back position for the rest of the 2014–15 season.

In 2016 Palomino signed with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad, with whom he won league title, before joining Atalanta in June 2017.

Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, 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 León 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.