Dax Palmer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dax Alexander Palmer Zúñiga | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Miami, Florida, United States[1] | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Júpiter Leonés (on loan from Alcorcón) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Herediano | |||
| 2022–2023 | Deportivo Saprissa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Deportivo Saprissa | 11 | (0) |
| 2026– | Alcorcón | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Júpiter Leonés (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Costa Rica U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2025– | Costa Rica U21 | 4 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 December 2025 | |||
Dax Alexander Palmer Zúñiga (born 8 February 2007) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Tercera Federación club Júpiter Leonés on loan from Alcorcón. Born in the United States, he has opted to play for the Costa Rica national team.
Club career
[edit]Palmer was a youth product of Herediano, before moving to Deportivo Saprissa in 2022.[3] On 26 November 2023 he debuted with Deportivo Saprissa in a 2–1 Liga FPD win over Santos de Guápiles.[4] On 9 April 2025, he signed his first professional contract with Saprissa until 2028.[5]
On 6 February 2026, Palmer joined Cultural Leonesa in the Spanish second tier on loan for their reserve team Júpiter Leonés.[6]
International career
[edit]Born in the United States to an American father and Costa Rican mother, Palmer moved to Costa Rica at a young age and holds dual-citizenship.[2] He was due to get called up to Costa Rica national team in January for a friendly against the United States, but lacked a US visa and was unable to attend.[7] He was on the preliminary 60-man squad list for the Costa Rica national team for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Sibaja, Samuel Vargas (1 February 2025). "Dax Palmer; la joya del Saprissa con doble nacionalidad". hoyeneldeportecr.com. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Saprissa tiene un talento de 16 años que hace recordar a Roy 'El Maravilloso' Myers". La Nación. 15 July 2023.
- ↑ "La historia repleta de sorpresas del joven que ilusiona al Saprissa". La Nación. 15 January 2025.
- ↑ "Saprissa debuta a joven de décimo año del Liceo Santo Domingo de Heredia". Teletica. 27 November 2023.
- ↑ "Saprissa renueva a Dax Palmer hasta 2028". Teletica. 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Dax Palmer llega al Júpiter Leonés" [Dax Palmer arrives at the Jupiter Leonés] (in Spanish). Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "El Piojo Herrera lo quiso pero no lo dejaron: el problema de Dax Palmer para jugar en La Sele". Fútbol Centroamérica. 11 April 2025.
- ↑ "Miguel Herrera: "Vamos con todo a buscar esta Copa Oro" - Federación Costarricense de Fútbol".
- ↑ Cover, Gerardo Coto. "El récord de los 100 puntos morados ya había sucedido". Sinart Digital.
External links
[edit]- Dax Palmer at Soccerway
- 2007 births
- Soccer players from Miami
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
- Costa Rican people of American descent
- American people of Costa Rican descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- American men's soccer players
- Costa Rican men's footballers
- Costa Rica men's youth international footballers
- Costa Rica men's under-20 international footballers
- Deportivo Saprissa players
- AD Alcorcón footballers
- Júpiter Leonés players
- Liga FPD players
- Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
