Kevor Palumets (born 21 November 2002) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club

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Club career

As a youth Palumets was part of hometown club Keila JK. He spent seven years at the club before being invited to join JK Tabasalu at age 14. At age 16, he moved to Bologna of the Italian Serie A for one season. He made his debut for the under-17 side on 18 March 2019 in a league match against Udinese. In 2020 he returned to Estonia to join Paide Linnameeskond. Over the next few seasons he would go on to make forty-nine appearances for the club in the Meistriliiga and an additional five in the UEFA Europa Conference League. Paluments was also part of the club's reserve team in the

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. In 2020 he was named the league's best player after scoring twenty-one goals in twenty-three league appearances. After two and a half years at Paide Linnameeskond, Palumets joined

of the Belgian Pro League in September 2022. The initial three-year deal included a club option for another. Zulte Waregem originally spotted the player in Paide Linnameeskond's

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match against

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. Palumets made an immediate impact for Waregem's under-21 side, scoring against K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse on his debut. He made his league debut for the senior squad on 11 September 2022 in a match against Gent. He entered the match as a 56th-minute substitute in the eventual 0–2 defeat.

National career

Debut and Breakthrough

Palumets made his debut for the Estonian men's national football team on 12 January 2024 in a friendly match against

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during the squad's training camp in Cyprus. The match, which took place as part of the team's preparations for the

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, saw Estonia narrowly lose 1-2 to

. Palumets broke the scoreboard after 19 minutes by winning the ball in the Swedish penalty area and scoring the first goal.

Honours

Paide Linnameeskond * Estonian Cup: 2021–22

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* * * * 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Tallinn Estonian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Keila JK players Esiliiga B players Esiliiga players Meistriliiga players Paide Linnameeskond players Belgian Pro League players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Estonia men's youth international footballers Estonia men's under-21 international footballers Estonian expatriate men's footballers Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub