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Inna Palacios

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Inna Palacios
Palacios with the Philippines women's national football team in 2022
Personal information
Full name Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios
Date of birth (1994-02-08) February 8, 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Manila, Philippines
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kaya-Iloilo
Number 1
Youth career
2004–2012 Colegio San Agustin – Makati
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 De La Salle University (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Kaya-Iloilo
International career
2013 Philippines U19
2012–2025 Philippines 51 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Philippines
ASEAN Women's Championship
Winner2022 PhilippinesTeam
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2025 ThailandTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 VietnamTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios[1] (born February 8, 1994) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PFF Women's League club Kaya-Iloilo. She also played for the Philippines women's national team.[1]

Early life

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Inna Palacios was born on February 8, 1994,[2] in Manila, Philippines. She started playing football at age 4.[1]

Career

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Youth

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Palacios attended Colegio San Agustin – Makati and won at least 5 MVP awards and some tournaments with her school's football team.[1] She started playing for her school's team at grade 4.[3] Before playing as a goalkeeper, she tried playing as a forward, winger and a defender.[1]

Collegiate

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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 the Ateneo de Manila University and University of the Philippines.[3]

In her rookie year with De La Salle, Palacios dealt with several issues that led her to almost quit 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.[4] Inna Palacios established herself as the first-choice goalkeeper of her varsity team[3] and was able to receive the best goalkeeper award at UAAP Season 75 and UAAP Season 77 which ended in 2013 and 2015 respectively.[5][6] She scored a goal in her final game for De La Salle.[7]

Club

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La Salle played alongside clubs and other collegiate teams at the PFF Women's League. Palacios was part of the team which won the 2016–17 season.[4] She was named Best Goalkeeper for the season.[8]

Palacios has been with Kaya–Iloilo as early as 2021.[9][10] She helped the club win the 2022 SingaCup in Singapore.[11] Kaya won the PFF Women's League in 2023 and 2025 seasons.[12][13]

International

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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 a friendly tournament in Hong Kong and also participated in the 2012 AFF Women's Championship.[4] She also played for the under-19 national team at the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.[3]

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 in any match in the continental tournament itself because 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.[4]

Palacios earned her 50th international cap at the 2022 AFF Women's Championship in the Philippines' match against Singapore.[14] Her last and 51st cap was against Indonesia in the same tournament.[15][16]

Nevertheless, Palacios remained part of the national team for three more years. She was included as part of the Philippine roster for the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand. Palacios announced that she would be retiring from the national team shortly prior to the final. The Philippines went on to win their first ever gold medal in football.[17][18]

Honors

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International

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Philippines

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Club

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De La Salle

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Kaya–Iloilo

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Inna Kristianne Beza Palacios – Player Profile". Pinoy Football. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Philippines – AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 – Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tamayao, Brian Lance; Alejandro, Tim (November 21, 2012). "Lady Booter rookie goalkeeper, manning the goals". The Lasallian. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Inna Palacios and the epitome of Filipina resiliency". Tiebreaker Times. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ Manzano, Ronaldo (November 21, 2013). "Booters seek to end championship drought". The Lasallian. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (March 8, 2015). "FEU captures three peat in UAAP women's football". Rappler. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Corp., ABS-CBN. "DLSU keeper Inna Palacios gets to score in final UAAP game". ABS-CBN SPORTS. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ Montayre, Mia (November 24, 2017). "Invincible La Salle sweeps way to historic league title". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ Barcebal, Joaquin (September 17, 2021). "Inna Palacios Returns as National Team Captain". Kaya FC–Iloilo. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Inna Palacios". Kaya FC–Iloilo. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  11. ↑ Verora, Levi Joshua Jr. (October 27, 2022). "How Kaya FC's winning campaign in Singapore benefits women's football". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  12. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (November 12, 2013). "Kaya FC-Iloilo captures 2023 PFF Women's League title". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  13. ↑ Morales, Luisa (June 22, 2025). "Lyka Cuenco's late winner propels Kaya FC-Iloilo to back-to-back PFF Women's League titles". One Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  14. ↑ Naredo, Camille (July 7, 2022). "Football: Inna Palacios celebrates 50th cap with clean sheet vs. Singapore". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  15. ↑ del Carmen, Lorenzo (July 10, 2022). "AFF: Bolden's hattrick vs Indonesia propels Filipinas to semis". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  16. ↑ "From Guarding the Posts to Guarding a Nation's Pride". One Sports. Retrieved December 21, 2025 – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. ↑ "Palacios hanging up jersey". Daily Tribune. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  18. ↑ Naredo, Camille B. (December 17, 2025). "Filipinas dethrone Vietnam for first-ever SEA Games gold". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
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