José Ángel Rodrigo Palomino Ortiz (born 22 July 1973) is an Australian former

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

, who played nine years in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

Career

Palomino played in Australia for Granville Waratah, Belmore Hercules and in

for

KSV Waregem Koninklijke Sportvereniging Waregem was a Belgium, Belgian football club that existed between 1925 and 2001. It played three spells at the Belgian First Division A, highest level in the Belgian football league system each separated by a single se ...

, RC Tournai,

Wawel Kraków Wawel Kraków is a Polish multisports club based in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1919. Wawel Kraków was the first Polish club to win the Young Leaders Rally Cup back in 1952. They won the final against their rivals from Cracovia by beating ...

in Poland and Royal Racing Club Touraisien and

Francs Borains Royal Francs Borains is a football club based in Boussu, Hainaut Province, Belgium. It was founded in 1949 and its home ground is Stade Robert Urbain, which has a capacity of 6,000. The club is affiliated to the Royal Belgian Football Associati ...

in Belgium again.From Belmore to Belgium
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Personal life

He was born in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an parents and is of Australian heritage.

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Rodrigo Palomino
at PlaymakerStats.com 1973 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Australian people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Australian people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent Men's association football midfielders Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Australian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Poland K.S.V. Waregem players Francs Borains players Wawel Kraków players Footballers from Alicante {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub