Alexander Rafn Pálmason
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 2010 | ||
| Place of birth | Iceland | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KR | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| KR | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | KR | 9 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | Iceland U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Iceland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Iceland U17 | 4 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 October 2025 | |||
Alexander Rafn Pálmason (born 7 April 2010) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for KR[1] He is one of the youngest players ever to score a hat-trick in a senior team match[2] and the youngest player to play, start and score in the Besta deild karla.[3][4]
Alexander was born on 7 April 2010. Born in Iceland, he is the son of Iceland international Pálmi Rafn Pálmason.[5]
Club career
As a youth player, Alexander joined the youth academy of Icelandic side Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (KR) and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2024. On 1 September 2024, at the age of 14 years and 147 days, he became the youngest player to play in the Besta deild karla.[6] The same year, he trialed for Danish sides Nordsjælland and Copenhagen.[7]
On 10 May 2025, he became both the youngest player to start and the youngest to score in the Besta deild, in a 4–1 win against ÍBV.[8] On 19 April 2025, Alexander scored a hat-trick as a starter for KR in their 11-0 win over fifth-division KÁ Ásvellir in the third round of the Icelandic Cup and he became the second youngest hat-trick scorer in history, at 15 years and 12 days.[2]
On 19 August 2025, it was announced that Alexander would join Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland from 1st July 2026.[9]
