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.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1984 | ||
| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Völsungur | 41 | (13) |
| 2003–2005 | KA | 49 | (16) |
| 2006–2008 | Valur | 48 | (17) |
| 2008–2011 | Stabæk | 81 | (14) |
| 2012–2014 | Lillestrøm | 85 | (18) |
| 2015– | KR | 128 | (29) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Iceland U-19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Iceland U-21 | 10 | (1) |
| 2008– | Iceland | 18 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2012 | |||
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
editPálmi's mother was Björg Jónsdóttir, a former member of the Icelandic national handball team.[1]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 2 May 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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