On loan from Corinthians, left-back plays first game since February | OneFootball

On loan from Corinthians until June 2026 and under contract with the club until December 2027, left-back Diego Palacios made his debut for Karpaty, Ukraine, in the team’s 8-0 away victory over Penuel in the second round of the Ukrainian Cup.

His last match had been on February 1, 2025, when Corinthians, at Neo Química Arena, defeated Noroeste 2-1 in a group stage match of the Paulista Championship. On that day, he was brought on towards the end of the match, replacing his then positional rival, Matheus Bidu.

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Diego Palacios had not been getting opportunities at Corinthians, even after recovering from serious knee surgeries. The coaching staffs of Ramón Díaz and Dorival Júnior, during press conferences, stated that the player was physically behind his positional competitors (Fabrizio Angileri, Matheus Bidu, and Hugo Farias). As a result, the number 6 had little match rhythm.

Shortly before being loaned to Karpaty, Ukraine, Austin FC from the United States tried to negotiate a loan deal for the player, but talks did not progress because the athlete took too long to give a definitive answer. Palacios made his debut for Corinthians in January 2024, in an away match against São Bernardo FC.

On that occasion, he was substituted at halftime after feeling pain in his knee, which was later diagnosed as a serious injury. He subsequently underwent two more surgical procedures on the same knee, which ended up affecting his trajectory at Corinthians. In a year and a half at Parque São Jorge, he played only four matches, three of them in 2025, in the Paulista Championship: against Água Santa, Ponte Preta, and Noroeste.

With Dorival Júnior in charge, who took over Corinthians at the end of April, he was named in the squad for only one match: the away defeat to Mirassol in the eighth round of the Brasileirão. The Ecuadorian, however, did not leave the bench. Currently, his new club, Karpaty, is in 13th place (relegation playoffs) in the Ukrainian championship with two points from three rounds. The teams finishing in 15th and 16th place are relegated.

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