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• Position: Midfielder
• Number: 17
• Age: 27 (30th September, 1998)

Midfielder Romal Palmer joined St Pat's on loan from Turkish side Goztepe on February 10th, for the 2024 season.

Having arrived with a slight injury, he made his debut for the club on March 29th as a substitute in an away match against Drogheda United.

His first start came on May 24th away to Bohemians, he won a penalty (which Chris Forrester scored) and assisted St Pat's 2nd goal, which was scored by Cian Kavanagh.

Romal signed permanently for St Pat's on December 2nd 2024 ahead of the 2025 season but injuries meant he was only able to play in four League matches towards the end of the 2025 campaign.

He has scored some huge goals during his time here so far, including in European qualifiers against FC Vaduz and Sabah FK in 2024 as The Saints made it to the Conference League play-off round, losing out to IBFK Istanbul in the end.

Palmer spent 10 years in the Manchester City Academy before joining Barnsley in 2017, the made 70 appearances in the EFL Championship between 2019 and 2022 before moving to Turkey in July 2022.

The now 27-year-old, who was born in Wigan, played 33 times in the TFF First League before joining The Saints

Previous Clubs: Barnsley (2018-2022), Darlington (2018-2019 loan), Goztepe (2024), St Patrick's Athletic (loan)