Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (born 9 November 1984) is an

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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 The 2007 season of Úrvalsdeild karla was the 96th season of top tier football in Iceland. Title contenders were considered to be KR, FH, ÍA and Valur. HK were playing for the first time in Landsbankadeild. The league was expanded from 10 ...

, 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

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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

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in February 2008. He was a regular member of the squad under former coach

Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson (1 March 1913 – 20 May 1984) was twice the Prime Minister of Iceland for the Progressive Party (1971–1974 and 1978–1979). He was a member of the Progressive Party, serving as party chairman from 1968 to 1979. C ...

Personal life

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

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Palmi Rafn Palmason at Melar Sport homepageOfficial homepage of Palmi Rafn Palmason on Facebook
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