PLAYER PROFILE

Nelson Palacio.

Toronto FC · Colombia

Matrix 58387

At a glance

Full name: Nelson Daniel Palacio Ruiz
Born: 16 Jun 2001
Age today: 25
Nationality: Colombia

Career by season

128 recorded appearances

Nelson Palacio appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
25/26	Swiss Super League	FC Zürich	32	30	0	1	2,524	5
25/26	Swiss Cup	FC Zürich	2	2	0	0	210	1
2025	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City	10	6	0	0	586	1
24/25	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Real Salt Lake City	1	1	0	0	81	0
2024	U.S. Open Cup	Real Salt Lake City	1	1	0	0	90	0
2024	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City	25	6	1	1	836	2
2023	U.S. Open Cup	Real Salt Lake City	1	0	0	0	49	1
22/23	Superliga de Campeones	Atlético Nacional	1	0	0	0	45	0
2023	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City	13	12	0	1	1,047	3
22/23	International Friendly Games	Colombia U23	2	2	1	0	180	0
22/23	International Friendly Games	Colombia	1	0	0	0	1	0
2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Atlético Nacional	5	5	0	0	379	0
2022	Copa Colombia	Atlético Nacional	2	0	0	0	47	1
2022	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Atlético Nacional	2	2	0	0	135	2
2021	Copa Colombia	Atlético Nacional	4	0	1	0	119	0
2021	Copa Colombia	Real Cundinamarca	3	2	0	0	191	0
2021	Categoría Primera B	Real Cundinamarca	11	7	0	0	743	2
2020	Copa Colombia	Real Cundinamarca	2	2	0	0	160	1
2020	Categoría Primera B	Real Cundinamarca	10	10	0	0	886	1

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Nelson Palacio match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
17 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	San Jose Earthquakes v Real Salt Lake City	2 – 1	90
03 Sep 2023	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City v Colorado Rapids	2 – 0	87
31 Aug 2023	Major League Soccer	Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake City	2 – 1	77
27 Aug 2023	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City v Houston Dynamo FC	0 – 3	90
22 Aug 2023	U.S. Open Cup	Houston Dynamo FC v Real Salt Lake CitySubstitute, on 71′	3 – 1	49
16 Jul 2023	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake City v New York Red BullsSubstitute, on 75′	3 – 1	15
13 Jul 2023	Major League Soccer	Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake City	2 – 2	79
09 Jun 2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Club Olimpia v Atlético Nacional	3 – 0	90
25 May 2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	FBC Melgar v Atlético Nacional	0 – 1	90
03 May 2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Atlético Nacional v Club Olimpia	2 – 2	90
21 Apr 2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Atlético Nacional v FBC Melgar	3 – 1	64
05 Apr 2023	CONMEBOL Libertadores	CA Patronato de la Juventud Católica v Atlético Nacional	1 – 2	45
24 Mar 2023	International Friendly Games	South Korea v ColombiaSubstitute, on 90′	2 – 2	1
17 Feb 2023	Superliga de Campeones	Atlético Nacional v Deportivo PereiraSubstitute, on 46′	4 – 3	45
19 Aug 2022	Copa Colombia	Atlético Nacional v Junior FCSubstitute, on 57′	1 – 1	33
29 Jul 2022	Copa Colombia	Junior FC v Atlético NacionalSubstitute, on 76′	3 – 0	14
04 Mar 2022	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Atlético Nacional v Club Olimpia	1 – 1	45
25 Feb 2022	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Club Olimpia v Atlético Nacional	3 – 1	90
24 Nov 2021	Copa Colombia	Deportivo Pereira v Atlético NacionalSubstitute, on 76′	1 – 0	14
11 Nov 2021	Copa Colombia	Atlético Nacional v Deportivo PereiraSubstitute, on 29′	5 – 0	61	1

Career transfers

5 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Nelson Palacio career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
13 Jul 2026	Real Salt Lake City	Toronto FC	Transfer	€960k
30 Jun 2026	FC Zürich	Real Salt Lake City	Loan return
10 Jul 2025	Real Salt Lake City	FC Zürich	Loan	—
05 Jul 2023	Atlético Nacional	Real Salt Lake City	Transfer	€1.8m
30 Jun 2021	Real Cundinamarca	Atlético Nacional U20	Loan return

Contracts and market values are not available yet.