Miguel Alejandro Palacios Redorta (born 6 March 1981 in the City of Mexico, D.F.) is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 goalkeeper who currently plays for UNAM Pumas

Club Universidad Nacional

Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...

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He joined UNAM at the age of 16, and was administered to Puma's youth sub-17 squad, as well as his twin brother Marco Antonio Palacios

Marco Antonio Palacios

Marco Antonio Palacios Redorta is a Mexican football player. In Mexico he is often known as "Pikolin"....

, a defender. Alejandro Palacios made his first division debut on May 17, 2003. Typically, Palacios has acted as back-up to veteran goalkeeper Sergio Bernal

Sergio Bernal

Sergio Arturo Bernal Hernández is a retired Mexican football player.He currently played as a goalkeeper for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas in 1988 from the UNAM Fuerzas Basicas...

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In August 2010 he saved a penalty in a 2–0 win against Cruz Azul.

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