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Omar Palma Personal information Full name Omar Arnaldo Palma Date of birth April 12, 1958 Place of birth Campo Largo, Argentina Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1979-1985 Rosario Central 133 (23) 1986 Colón 17 (5) 1986-1987 Rosario Central 38 (20) 1987-1989 River Plate 44 (7) 1989-1992 CD Veracruz 103 (7) 1992-1998 Rosario Central 168 (17) Teams managed 2011- Rosario Central * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).Omar Palma is an Argentine football midfielder. He was born on April 12, 1958, in the city of Campo Largo in the Chaco Province of Argentina. He played most of his career for Rosario Central in Argentina. He was the top scorer of the 1987-1988 season with 20 goals in 38 games for Central's championship winning campaign.
Palma made his debut with Rosario Central in 1979, he went on to win two titles with the club, the Nacional in 1980 and the 1986-1987 championship.
After his goalscoring feats of the 86-87 season he was signed by Argentine giants River Plate, but his two seasons with the club were far from successful but he did play in both legs of the Copa Interamericana 1987, which River won 3-0.
Palma was sold to Mexican club CD Veracruz in 1989 but he soon returned to Rosario Central. Central won the Copa Conmebol (currently known as Copa Sudamericana) in 1995 and 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.
Titles
Season Club Title Nacional 1980 
Rosario CentralPrimera Division Argentina 1986–1987 Rosario CentralPrimera Division Argentina 1987 River PlateCopa Interamericana 1995 Rosario CentralCopa Conmebol External links
- Player Statistics at Futbol Pasion (Spanish)
- Player profile at Canalla.com (Spanish)
Primera División top scorers 1931: Zozaya · 1932: Ferreyra · 1933: Varallo · 1934: Barrera · 1935: Cosso · 1936: Barrera · 1937: Erico · 1938: Erico · 1939: Erico · 1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara · 1941: Canteli · 1942: Martino · 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos · 1944: Mellone · 1945: Labruna · 1946: Boyé · 1947: Di Stéfano · 1948: Santos · 1949: Simes / Pizzuti · 1950: Papa · 1951: Vernazza · 1952: Ricagni · 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez · 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello · 1955: Massei · 1956: Castro / Grillo · 1957: Zárate · 1958: Sanfilippo · 1959: Sanfilippo · 1960: Sanfilippo · 1961: Sanfilippo · 1962: Artime · 1963: Artime · 1964: Veira · 1965: Carone · 1966: Artime · Met 1967: Acosta · Nac 1967: Artime · Met 1968: Obberti · Nac 1968: Wehbe · Met 1969: Machado · Nac 1969: Fischer / Bulla · Met 1970: Más · Nac 1970: Bianchi · Met 1971: Bianchi · Nac 1971: Obberti / Luniz · Met 1972: Brindisi · Nac 1972: Morete · Met 1973: Más / Curioni / Peña · Nac 1973: Gómez Voglino · Met 1974: Morete · Nac 1974: Kempes · Met 1975: Scotta · Nac 1975: Scotta · Met 1976: Kempes · Nac 1976: Eresuma / Ludueña / Marchetti · Met 1977: Álvarez · Nac 1977: Letanú · Met 1978: Maradona / Andreucci · Nac 1978: Reinaldi · Met 1979: Maradona / Fortunato · Nac 1979: Maradona · Met 1980: Maradona · Nac 1980: Maradona · Met 1981: Chaparro · Nac 1981: Bianchi · Nac 1982: Juárez · Met 1982: Morete · Nac 1983: Husillos · Met 1983: Ramos · Nac 1984: Pasculli · Met 1984: Francescoli · Nac 1985: Comas · 1985–86: Francescoli · 1986–87: Palma · 1987–88: Rodríguez · 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito · 1989–90: Cozzoni · 1990–91: González · Ap 1991: Díaz · Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre · Ap 1992: Acosta · Cl 1993: da Silva · Ap 1993: Martínez · Cl 1994: Espina / Crespo · Ap 1994: Francescoli · Cl 1995: Flores · Ap 1995: Calderón · Cl 1996: López · Ap 1996: Reggi · Cl 1997: Martínez · Ap 1997: da Silva · Cl 1998: Sosa · Ap 1998: Palermo · Cl 1999: Calderón · Ap 1999: Saviola · Cl 2000: Fuertes · Ap 2000: Ángel · Cl 2001: Romeo · Ap 2001: Cardetti · Cl 2002: Cavenaghi · Ap 2002: Silvera · Cl 2003: Figueroa · Ap 2003: Farías · Cl 2004: Zárate · Ap 2004: López · Cl 2005: Pavone · Ap 2005: Cámpora · Cl 2006: Vargas · Ap 2006: Zárate / Palacio · Cl 2007: Palermo · Ap 2007: Denis · Cl 2008: Cvitanich · Ap 2008: Sand · Cl 2009: Sand · Ap 2009: Silva · Cl 2010: Boselli · Ap 2010: Stracqualursi / Silva · Cl 2011: Cámpora / GutiérrezRosario Central – managers Hirschl (1939–40) · Palomini (1941–45) · Orth (1945) · Rivas (1945) · Roca (1946) · Rivas (1946) · Indaco (1946) · Palomini (1947) · Rivas (1947–48) · Lecea (1948–54) · Fogel (1955–56) · Diaz (1957) · Piotto (1958–59) · Mas (1959) · Fonda (1960) · Lúpiz (1960–61) · Piotto (1961) · Lúpiz (1961) · Lopes (1962–63) · D'Amico (1964–65) · Bagnulo (1965) · Casullo (1965) · Giudice (1966) · Minni (1966–67) · Ignomiriello (1967–69) · Erauzquin (1969) · Sívori (1969–70) · Zof (1970–71) · Griguol (1971) · Labruna (1971) · Griguol (1971) · Labruna (1971–72) · Zof (1972–73) · Griguol (1973–75) · Erauzquin (1975) · De León (1975) · Erauzquin (1975) · De León (1975) · Silvero (1976) · Erauzquin (1976) · Basile (1976) · Griguol (1977–78) · Zof (1979) · Saporiti (1980) · Zof (1980) · Manfredi (1980) · Zof (1980–82) · Pascuttini (1982) · Zof (1982) · Pascuttini (1982) · Palma (1982) · Cayetano Rodríguez (1983) · Palma (1983) · Pascuttini (1984) · Volken (1984) · Malleo (1984) · López (1984) · Zof (1986–87) · Manfredi (1987) · Zof (1987–90) · Aimar (1991) · Zof (1991) · Solari (1992) · Aimar (1992) · Malleo (1992) · Cantatore (1993) · Marchetta (1993–95) · Fernandez (1995) · Manfredi (1995) · Zof (1995) · Manfredi (1995) · Zof (1996–97) · Russo (1997–98) · Bauza (1998–2001) · López (2001) · Teglia (2001–02) · Menotti (2002) · Russo (2002–04) · Galloni (2004) · Púa (2004) · Zof (2004) · Cuffaro Russo (2004) · Zof (2005) · Cuffaro Russo (2005) · Zof (2005–06) · Galloni (2006) · Astrada (2006) · Gorosito (2006–07) · Riquelme (2007) · Ischia (2007) · Galloni (2007) · Madelón (2007–08) · Sánchez (2008) · Alfaro (2008–09) · Merlo (2009) · Russo (2009) · Cuffaro Russo (2009–10) · Madelón (2010) · Merlo (2010) · Rivoira (2010–11) · Palma (2011) · Lanzidei (2011) · Pizzi (2011–)
Rosario Central – current squad — Bovero · — Broun · — García · — Lupardo · — Delgado · — Ferrari · — Godoy · — Lequi · — López · — Peppino · — Pérez · — Rivarola · — Talamonti · — Valentini · — Vallejo · — Alderete · — Ballini · — Becker · — Carrizo · — Gómez · — Lazo · — Lombardi · — Migueles · — Mozzo · — Rivero · — Vismara · — Zarif · — Biglieri · — Castillejos · — Coniglio · — Costa · — de León · — Galvaniz · — Medina · — Salinas · — Toledo · Manager: PizziCategories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Chaco Province
- Argentine footballers
- Association football forwards
- Rosario Central footballers
- Colón de Santa Fe footballers
- River Plate footballers
- CD Veracruz players
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Rosario Central managers
- Argentine football forward stubs
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