Inna Palacios

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| name = Inna Palacios

| fullname = Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios

| image =Inna_Palacios_2022.png

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| caption = Palacios with the Philippines women's national football team in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|02|08}}

| birth_place = Manila, Philippines

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| height = 1.70 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Kaya-Iloilo

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| youthyears1 = 2004–2012

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| youthclubs1 = Colegio San Agustin – Makati

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| collegeyears1 = 2013–2017

| college1 = De La Salle University

| collegegoals1 = 1

| years1 = 2022–

| clubs1 = Kaya-Iloilo

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| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Philippines U19

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| nationalyears2 = 2012–

| nationalteam2 = Philippines

| nationalcaps2 = 52

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| nationalteam-update = 13:05; 10 July 2022 (UTC)

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Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios (born February 8, 1994) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PFF Women's League club Kaya-Iloilo and the Philippines women's national team. {{cite web|title=Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios – Player Profile|url=http://www.pinoyfootball.com/playerprofile/8110113/Inna-Kristianne-Beza-Palacios|website=Pinoy Football|accessdate=April 22, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073424/http://www.pinoyfootball.com/playerprofile/8110113/Inna-Kristianne-Beza-Palacios|archivedate=September 24, 2015}}

Early life

Inna Palacios was born on February 8, 1994{{cite book|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|page=9|chapter=Philippines – AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 – Playing Squad}} in Manila, Philippines. She started playing football at age 4.

Career

=Youth=

Palacios attended Colegio de San Agustin-Makati and won at least 5 MVP awards and some tournaments with her school's football team. She started playing for her school's team at grade 4.{{cite news|last1=Tamayao|first1=Brian Lance|last2=Alejandro|first2=Tim|title=Lady Booter rookie goalkeeper, manning the goals|url=http://thelasallian.com/2012/11/21/lady-booter-rookie-goalkeeper-manning-the-goals/|accessdate=April 22, 2015|publisher=The Lasallian|date=November 21, 2012}} Before playing as a goalkeeper, she tried playing as a forward, winger and a defender.

=Collegiate=

Palacios decided to study at De La Salle University and play for their varsity team. She was scouted by La Salle coach, Hans Smit during her stint with the national team in 2012. She was also scouted by the coaches of Ateneo and University of the Philippines.

On her rookie year with De La Salle, Palacios dealt with several issues that led her to almost quitting from football; the death of her grandmother while she was away from the country while playing for the Philippine national team and recovering from a recurring injury. Smit allowed Palacios to recover physically and emotionally and was able to regain her form.{{cite news |title=Inna Palacios and the epitome of Filipina resiliency |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/inna-palacios-and-the-epitome-of-filipina-resiliency/145410 |accessdate=April 2, 2019 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=April 1, 2019}} Inna Palacios established herself as the first-choice goalkeeper of her varsity team and was able to receive the best goalkeeper award at UAAP Season 75 and UAAP Season 77 which ended in 2013 and 2015 respectively.{{cite news|last1=Manzano|first1=Ronaldo|title=Booters seek to end championship drought|url=http://thelasallian.com/2013/11/21/booters-seek-to-end-championship-drought/|accessdate=April 22, 2015|publisher=The Lasallian|date=November 21, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Reyes|first1=Jaelle Nevin|title=FEU captures three peat in UAAP women's football|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/university/uaap/feu/86154-feu-three-peat-womens-football|accessdate=April 22, 2015|publisher=Rappler|date=March 8, 2015}} She scored a goal in her final game for De La Salle.{{cite web|url=http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2017/05/09/dlsu-keeper-inna-palacios-gets-score-final-uaap-game-25741|title=DLSU keeper Inna Palacios gets to score in final UAAP game|first=ABS-CBN|last=Corp.|website=ABS-CBN SPORTS}}

=Club=

By 2022, Palacios has been with Kaya-Iloilo, helping the club win the SingaCup in Singapore.{{cite news |last1=Verora |first1=Levi Joshua Jr. |title=How Kaya FC's winning campaign in Singapore benefits women's football |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/27/22/how-kayas-international-title-benefits-womens-football |access-date=27 October 2022 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=27 October 2022}}

=International=

In 2007, at age 13, Palacios was called up to play for the Philippine under-16 national team. She was later called up to join the senior national team as part of the reserves that played in an friendly tournament in Hong Kong and also participated at the 2012 AFF Women's Championship. She also played for the under-19 national team at the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.

Palacios is a consistent member of the senior national team. She helped the Philippines qualify for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup which included a crucial 1–1 draw with Bahrain but did not feature any match in the continental tournament itself due to Rabah Benlarbi, who was hired to lead the national team for just the tournament, preferred to field a newcomer instead. She played again for the national team in the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian qualifiers where the Philippines managed to progress from the first round.