Alexander Palmer (born 10 August 1996) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He has also represented England at youth international level.

Club career

On 24 May 2015, Palmer made the bench for

for the first time, remaining as an unused substitute in a 4–1 loss to

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. In June 2015, he joined

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side

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team compete in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on a youth loan. Two years later, he joined Kidderminster on another loan deal. On 14 November 2018, he joined

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side Oldham Athletic on a seven-day emergency loan. Three days later, he made his

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debut, playing the full match in a 3–1 win for Oldham over Cambridge United. On 12 April 2019, he went out on another seven-day emergency loan, this time to Notts County, making his only appearance a day later in the 3–0 loss to Crewe Alexandra. On 16 July 2019, Palmer joined

side

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

on a season-long loan deal. Palmer kept a clean sheet on his debut and was widely considered to be man-of-the-match. On 4 September 2020, it was announced that Palmer had joined Lincoln City on loan for the season, signing with team mate

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. A day later, he made his debut for Lincoln, starting the game in the

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. On 25 August 2021, Palmer finally made his West Brom debut after 11 years since joining the club, starting in the 0–6 defeat against

in the

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second round. On 4 March 2022, Palmer joined

side Luton Town on an emergency loan deal following injuries to goalkeepers

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and

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. On 5 October 2022, Palmer finally made his league debut for West Brom in a 1-0 away defeat at

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, after a poor run of form made manager

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decide to drop

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. He made his first clean sheet for the club 3 days later in a 0-0 home draw against

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International career

Palmer has represented England at under-16 level on four occasions.

Career statistics

Honours

Plymouth Argyle *League Two promotion: 2019–20 Individual * PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2019–20 League Two *

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: 2019–20 League Two

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Alex 1996 births English men's footballers Living people Men's association football goalkeepers England men's youth international footballers West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Sportspeople from Kidderminster English Football League players National League (English football) players Footballers from Worcestershire