| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lillestrøm SK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000 | Völsungur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001-2002 | Völsungur | 41 | (13) |
| 2003-2005 | KA Akureyri | 49 | (16) |
| 2006-2008 | Valur | 48 | (17) |
| 2008-2011 | Stabæk | 81 | (14) |
| 2012- | Lillestrøm SK | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008- | Iceland | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Pálmi Rafn Pálmason is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for Lillestrøm SK in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. Before that he played in Iceland for Völsungur, KA and Valur, where he was a key player in the team that won the league in 2007, Valur's first 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's been a regular member of the squad under current coach Ólafur Jóhannesson
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2008 | Stabæk | Tippeligaen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 2009 | Tippeligaen | 25 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2010 | Tippeligaen | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 2011 | Tippeligaen | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | |
| Career Total | 81 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 91 | 20 | ||
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