Pálmi Rafn Pálmason

Pálmi Pálmason
Personal information
Full name	Pálmi Rafn Pálmason
Date of birth	9 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Húsavík, Iceland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	KR
Number	10
Youth career
2000	Völsungur
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2002	Völsungur
2003–2005	KA
2006–2008	Valur
2008–2011	Stabæk
2012–2014	Lillestrøm
2015–	KR
International career‡
2001–2002	Iceland U-19
2004–2006	Iceland U-21
2008–	Iceland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2012

Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (born 9 November 1984) is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for KR in the Icelandic Premier Division. Before that he played in Iceland for Völsungur, KA and Valur, where he was a key player in the team that won the 2007 Úrvalsdeild, Valur's first league title in 20 years.

He was signed by Stabæk in July 2008 and became one of the heroes for them in the 2008-season when he headed in the 2–1 goal in overtime against the current league champions Brann at Brann Stadion and practically secured Stabæk's first league gold ever. This was his first league goal for Stabæk.

Pálmason made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a friendly against Belarus in February 2008. He was a regular member of the squad under former coach Ólafur Jóhannesson

Personal life

Pálmi's mother was Björg Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic national handball team.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 May 2021^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stabæk	2008	Tippeligaen	9	2	0	0	2	0	-		11	2
	2009		25	3	5	4	4	1	1	1	35	9
	2010		21	1	0	0	1	0	-		22	1
	2011		26	8	3	2	-		-		29	10
	Total		81	14	8	6	7	1	1	1	97	22
Lillestrøm	2012	Tippeligaen	28	6	4	1	-		-		32	7
	2013		30	3	6	4	-		-		36	7
	2014		27	9	2	0	-		-		29	9
	Total		85	18	12	5	-	-	-	-	97	23
KR^[3]	2015	Úrvalsdeild	21	3	5	3	4	1	1	0	31	7
	2016		20	2	1	0	4	1	-		25	3
	2017		21	2	3	0	4	2	-		28	4
	2018		22	11	2	0	-		-		24	11
	2019		22	8	4	0	2	0	-		28	8
	2020		17	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	23	1
	2021		1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
	Total		124	27	18	3	16	4	2	0	160	34
Career total			249	50	29	14	19	5	1	1	298	70

References

^ Sindri Sverrisson (12 September 2024). "Mjög erfitt þegar hann hætti að geta verið sá maður". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Pálmi Rafn Pálmason". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
^ "Pálmi Rafn Pálmason" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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[1] Sindri Sverrisson (12 September 2024). "Mjög erfitt þegar hann hætti að geta verið sá maður". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[2] "Pálmi Rafn Pálmason". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

[3] "Pálmi Rafn Pálmason" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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