José Luis Palomino (born 5 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Cagliari.

In 2016 Palomino signed with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad, with whom he won league title, before joining Atalanta in June 2017 for €4.7m.

[3] Palomino previously played for León XIII School before leaving the academy, due to his mischief.

[4][3] Palomino made his San Lorenzo debut, starting the match and played 54 minutes before suffering an injury, resulting in his substitution, as the club 3–2 won against Tigre on 27 September 2009.

[6] Palomino did not make another appearance for the side until on 26 April 2010, when he played the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 loss against Boca Juniors.

[10] A month later on 21 November 2010, Palomino made his second appearance of the season for the club, as he helped them keep a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw against River Plate.

[11] After the match, Díaz praised Palomino's performance "for having played "one of the best games" of his short career, after fulfilling the role of "marking Ariel Ortega.

[21] After spending a month from the first team, he didn't make his return to the starting line–up against Vélez Sarsfield on 22 September 2012, as they lost 2–1.

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[46] After serving a one match suspension, Palomino returned to the starting line–up against Chamois Niortais on 6 November 2015 and helped the side draw 1–1.

[48] After being suspended for one match against Tours on 19 December 2015, Palomino returned to the starting line–up against Sochaux on 11 January 2016, only to be sent off in the 43rd minute for a second bookable offense, in a 1–0 win.

[56] Palomino then played in both legs against Viktoria Plzeň in the UEFA Champions League play–offs, as the club won 4–2 on aggravate to send them through to the Group Stage.

[61] He helped the club win the Bulgarian championship and participated in the groups of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

[69] Since making his debut for Atalanta, he established himself in the starting eleven, playing in the centre–back position,[70] and helped the club qualify for the UEFA Europa League knockout stage.

[80] Upon returning to the first team from injury against Roma on 27 August 2018, Palomino was given the captaincy in the absence of Papu Gómez, who was on the substitute bench, and helped the club draw 3–3.

[84] After serving a one match suspension, Palomino returned to the starting line–up against Sassuolo on 26 December 2018 and set up the club's third goal of the game, in a 6–2 win.

[86] Palomino played in both legs of the semi–final of the Coppa Italia against Fiorentina, as he helped the club win 5–4 to reach the final.

[88] After serving a one match suspension, Palomino returned to the starting line–up against Sassuolo in the last game of the season and helped Atalanta win 3–1; with this result, Atalanta achieved a third-place finish in the league, qualifying to the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Palomino was linked a move return to his homeland country, as Boca Juniors wanted to sign him, having tried to do so eight months prior, but ended up staying at Atalanta.

[92] He then helped the club qualify for the UEFA Champions League knockout after beating Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 on the last match of the Group Stage.

[94] Four days later on 20 February 2020, he made his 100th appearance for Atalanta against Valencia in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Last of 16, winning 4–1.

[95] In the return leg, Palomino helped the club progress to the quarter–finals of the UEFA Champions League after a 4–3 away win against Valencia.

[100] Palomino scored his first Champions League goal on 23 November 2021 in a 3–3 group stage draw with Young Boys.

[101] Ludogorets Razgrad Palomino is married to Juline Aline Mathey, a French citizen and a model, and together, they have a daughter.