Personal information | |||
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Full name | Romal Jordan Palmer[1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St Patrick's Athletic (on loan from Göztepe) | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Manchester City | ||
2016–2018 | Barnsley | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Barnsley | 70 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Darlington (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2022– | Göztepe | 33 | (3) |
2024– | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC) |
Romal Jordan Palmer (born 30 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, on loan from Göztepe.
Palmer was born and raised in Wigan, Greater Manchester.[3][4]
After a decade with Manchester City's academy, he was released in 2016, and joined Barnsley.[5][6] He signed an 18-month professional contract with Barnsley in January 2017.[7] In July 2018, he signed a one-year contract extension with Barnsley.[6][8] On 21 December 2018, Palmer joined National League North club Darlington on a one-month loan.[9] On 23 January 2019, Palmer's loan at Darlington was extended until the end of the seasons.[10] He made 18 appearances on loan at Darlington.[2] In May 2019, Palmer signed a new contract with Barnsley until summer 2020.[11]
In May 2020, Barnsley announced that Palmer had signed a new two-year contract with the club.[12] Palmer made his debut for Barnsley on 20 June 2020 against Queens Park Rangers in the EFL Championship.[13] He made 3 league appearances during the 2019–20 season.[14] Palmer made a first-team breakthrough during the 2020–21 season, making 36 league appearances.[13][15] He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 2–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 28 November 2020.[16] Despite starting his career as an attacking midfielder, Palmer was used mainly as a holding midfielder during the 2020–21 season as Barnsley finished 5th in the Championship, qualifying for the play-offs.[17] He played in both legs of their play-off semi-final defeat to Swansea City.[15]
Barnsley manager Valerien Ismael and Palmer's midfield partner Alex Mowatt both left the club in summer 2021, leaving Palmer as the oldest midfielder in Barnsley's squad.[18][19] He made 33 appearances for Barnsley during the 2021–22 season, scoring once against Millwall, in what the Barnsley Chronicle described as a "very tough campaign" for Palmer.[20][18] Barnsley were relegated to EFL League One after a 24th-place finish in the Championship.[21]
On 1 July 2022, Palmer joined TFF First League club Göztepe after seven years at Barnsley.[22][23]
On 10 February 2024, Palmer signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on loan.[24]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barnsley | 2019–20[14] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
2020–21[15] | Championship | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2021–22[20] | Championship | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 35 | 1 | ||
Total | 70 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 2 | ||
Darlington (loan) | 2018–19[2] | National League North | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
Göztepe | 2022–23[25] | TFF First League | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 3 | ||
2023–24[26] | TFF First League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 3 | ||||
St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 2024[2] | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 121 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 5 |