Bayer 04 LeverkusenPalacios has won the Copa Libertadores and Argentine Primera División with River Plate, and the FIFA World Cup with Argentina in 2022. He also helped Bayer Leverkusen win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in the 2023-24 season.
Exequiel Palacios is an Argentine central midfielder who began his professional career at River Plate, where he won multiple domestic titles and the Copa Libertadores. He moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2020 and has since become a key player for the German club. Palacios has also represented Argentina at the senior level, winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Palacios is a dynamic and technically gifted midfielder known for his excellent ball control, passing range, and ability to dictate the tempo of the game. He is strong in both defensive and offensive phases, often breaking up play and initiating attacks. His versatility allows him to play as a deep-lying playmaker or a box-to-box midfielder.
| Season | Comp | Apps | G | A | YC | RC | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/26 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1097 |
| 25/26 | International Friendlies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| 25/26 | DFB-Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| 25/26 | UEFA Champions League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 335 |
| 24/25 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1150 |
| 24/25 | Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24/25 | DFB-Pokal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 |
| 24/25 | UEFA Champions League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 664 |
| 23/24 | World Cup qualification South America | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 202 |
| 23/24 | Bundesliga | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1840 |
| 23/24 | International Friendlies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 23/24 | UEFA Europa League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 578 |
| 23/24 | DFB-Pokal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 243 |
| 22/23 | Bundesliga | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1657 |
| 22/23 | International Friendlies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 22/23 | UEFA Europa League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 515 |
| 22/23 | DFB-Pokal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 22/23 | UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1094 |
| 21/22 | International Friendlies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 21/22 | UEFA Europa League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 377 |
| 21/22 | DFB-Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| 2026 | CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Copa América | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 2022 | World Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2022 | CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 | Copa América | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| 2019 | Recopa Sudamericana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| 2019 | Copa América | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Copa Libertadores | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 691 |
| 2019 | Copa Superliga (-19/20) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
| 2019 | Copa Argentina | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 437 |
| 2018 | Supercopa Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Copa Libertadores | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 800 |
| 2018 | Copa Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2017 | Supercopa Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Copa Libertadores | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2017 | Copa Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2017 | U20 World Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| 2016 | Recopa Sudamericana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Copa Libertadores | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Copa Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2015 | Copa Sudamericana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2015 | U17 World Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 170 |
| 20/21 | World Cup qualification South America | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 242 |
| 20/21 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 573 |
| 20/21 | UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| 20/21 | DFB-Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| 19/20 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
| 19/20 | International Friendlies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 19/20 | UEFA Europa League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| 19/20 | DFB-Pokal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| 19/20 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1071 |
| 18/19 | FIFA Club World Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 18/19 | International Friendlies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| 18/19 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 919 |
| 17/18 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 549 |
| 16/17 | International Friendlies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
| 16/17 | Torneo Proyección | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 610 |
| 16/17 | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 |
| 15/16 | FIFA Club World Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Competition | Min | G | A | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | International Friendlies | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Zambia | 🏠 | 5:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-27 | Mauritania | 🏠 | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-14 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-15 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:6 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-11 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-09 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-04 | Venezuela | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-11 | Colombia | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-06-06 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-26 | Brazil | 🏠 | 4:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-21 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-20 | Peru | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-14 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:1 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-16 | Bolivia | 🏠 | 6:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-10-10 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:1 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-10 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:1 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-06 | Chile | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-07-15 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-07-10 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | Copa América | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-07-05 | Argentina | ✈ | 3:5 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-30 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | Copa América | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-26 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-21 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-15 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:4 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-09 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-27 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:3 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-23 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-11-22 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-11-17 | Uruguay | 🏠 | 0:2 | World Cup qualification South America | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-10-18 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-10-12 | Paraguay | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-09-12 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup qualification South America | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-09-08 | Ecuador | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-06-19 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | International Friendlies | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-06-15 | Argentina | - | 0:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-28 | Curaçao | 🏠 | 7:0 | International Friendlies | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-24 | Panama | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-18 | Argentina | ✈ | 5:7 | World Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-13 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-09 | Argentina | ✈ | 5:6 | World Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-03 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-30 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-26 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-22 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:1 | World Cup | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-16 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:5 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-28 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-24 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-05 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:5 | International Friendlies | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-01 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-29 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-25 | Venezuela | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-02-01 | Colombia | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-01-28 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-16 | Brazil | 🏠 | 0:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-12 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-14 | Peru | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-10 | Uruguay | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-07 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-09 | Bolivia | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup qualification South America | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-03 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:3 | World Cup qualification South America | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-07-11 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | Copa América | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-07-07 | Argentina | ✈ | 3:4 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-07-04 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-29 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:4 | Copa América | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-22 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-19 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | Copa América | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-14 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:1 | Copa América | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-08 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:2 | World Cup qualification South America | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-04 | Chile | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-18 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-13 | Paraguay | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup qualification South America | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-10-13 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup qualification South America | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020-10-09 | Ecuador | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup qualification South America | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-11-18 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-11-15 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-10-13 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:6 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-10-09 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-11 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:4 | International Friendlies | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-09-06 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-06 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:2 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-07-03 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:0 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-28 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-23 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:2 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-20 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:1 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-15 | Argentina | ✈ | 2:0 | Copa América | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-08 | Nicaragua | 🏠 | 5:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-03-26 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-03-22 | Argentina | ✈ | 3:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-11-21 | Mexico | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-11-17 | Mexico | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-10-16 | Argentina | ✈ | 1:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-10-11 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:4 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-12 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-08 | Argentina | ✈ | 0:3 | International Friendlies | 66 | 0 | 1 | 0 |