Jairo Fabián Palomino Sierra (born August 2, 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Atlético Nacional

2011

Palomino played 16 matches and scored a single goal, also

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won the 2011 Categoría Primera A season Torneo Apertura.

Al-Ahli

2011-12

Palomino moved to Al-Ahli club for 4m USD in 2011. in the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League Al-Ahli were runner-up and Palomino played 17 matches and scored a single goal. In the

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Palomino played semi-final against Al-Hilal and he saved many dangerous balls and he showed his abilities as a great defender when they defeated Al-Hilal and thus his team qualified to the final and won the cup. Palomino helped Al-Ahli team in the

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and it were runner-up.

2012-13

In the

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Palomino played 19 matches and scored a single goal.

International career

Palomino played for the Colombian U-20 national team (2007) as well as the

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. On club level he played for

in the

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. He scored the second goal at the

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against Venezuela.

International goals

U-20

Club career statistics

Honours

Club

With - Atlético Nacional *

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: Apertura 2011. With - Al-Ahli *

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: Runner-up; 2011-12. *

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: Runner-up;

. With - Unión Madgalena *

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* 1988 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Envigado F.C. players Atlético Nacional footballers Once Caldas footballers Atlético Tucumán footballers Al-Ahli Saudi FC players Deportivo Pereira footballers Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Argentine Primera División players Saudi Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Footballers from Antioquia Department Men's association football defenders Unión Magdalena footballers 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub