Domestic-league season · Start.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1. Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1243 | 6.44 |
Pålerud's current-season form is up 350% on last season (Season 4→18), while his Rating eased 18→13. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Start · 2nd | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.44 | 13 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | Start · 12th | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Sandefjord · 13th | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 23 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Sandnes ULF · 5th | 18 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 7 |
| 2021/22 | Sandnes ULF · 8th | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 |
| 2020/21 | Kongsvinger · 15th | 29 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 8 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
F. Pålerud is a 32-year-old central defender at Start, rated 13.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 140th of 161 in the 1. Division. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (46% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.96 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pålerud.
Judged on this season alone, Pålerud graded 18 — a standout campaign that ranks top 5% of the 43 centre-backs in the 1. Division, on 5 clean sheets and 1.955 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 18). Across the 6 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 13, 35th of 43 of the 43 centre-backs in the 1. Division. At 32 Pålerud is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.
Pålerud is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
1.96 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (2nd of 16) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
With a Rating of 13.4, Pålerud carries the 35th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the 1. Division of 43 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.96 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 32, Pålerud sits on 1.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Pålerud's projected Rating — 13.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
