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Argentine footballer and manager (1958–2024)
Omar Palma
Palma in 1987
Personal information
Full name Omar Arnaldo Palma
Date of birth (1958-04-12)April 12, 1958
Place of birth Campo Largo, Chaco Province, Argentina
Date of death October 8, 2024(2024-10-08) (aged 66)
Place of death Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1979 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1985 Rosario Central 166 (24)
1986 Colón 17 (5)
1986–1987 Rosario Central 38 (20)
1987–1989 River Plate 44 (7)
1989–1992 Veracruz 103 (7)
1992–1998 Rosario Central 168 (13)
Managerial career
2011 Rosario Central
2011–2012 Central Córdoba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Palma (April 12, 1958 – October 8, 2024) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. A play-maker midfielder, he spent most of his career in Rosario Central. He was the top scorer of the 1986–87 season with 20 goals in 38 games for Central's championship winning campaign.

Playing career

Palma was born in the city of Campo Largo in the Chaco Province of Argentina. He made his debut with Rosario Central in 1979, he went on to win two titles with the club, the Nacional in 1980 and the 1986–87 championship.

After his goalscoring feats of the 1986–87 season Palma was signed by Argentine giants River Plate, but his two seasons with the club were not specially successful. He did play in both legs of the Copa Interamericana in 1987, which River won 3–0 against Costa Rica's Liga Deportiva Alajuelense in the aggregate. Palma is also remembered in River for scoring the decisive goal in a Superclásico where the team came back from a 2–0 deficit.

Palma moved to Mexican club Veracruz in 1989. In May 1990 he scored a spectacular goal in a friendly match against Real Madrid. which Veracruz won 4-2. Palma returned to Rosario Central in 1992, where he won the Copa Conmebol in 1995. Palma finally retired in 1998 at the age of 40 after making 339 league appearances and scoring 61 goals for the club. He played 355 games for them in all competitions scoring 63 goals.

Managerial career

Palma became manager of Rosario Central on March 29, 2011, when the team was competing in the Nacional B, Argentina's second division. He coached Rosario Central for only 11 games, eventually resigning over disagreements with club officials. Palma also coached Rosario's Central Cordoba for the following season.

Death

Palma died from a stroke in Rosario, on October 8, 2024, at the age of 66.

Honours

Rosario Central

River Plate

Individual

References

  1. "Murió Omar Palma: su golazo maradoneano a Real Madrid con Veracruz - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  2. "Murió Omar Palma, leyenda y emblema de Rosario Central". infobae (in European Spanish). 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-08.

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Argentine Primera División top scorers
1890s
  • 1891: Archer
  • 1892
  • 1893: Leslie
  • 1894: Gifford
  • 1895: (No records)
  • 1896: Allen / Anderson
  • 1897: Stirling
  • 1898: Allen
  • 1899: Hooton
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Rosario Central – managers


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