Palumbo was born in
Heilbronn. He signed his first professional contract with
Stuttgarter Kickers for the 1992–93 season. At the end of the season he signed for Swiss team
FC Schaffhausen but this did not work out so he moved on. Palumbo then joined
FC Basel for their
1993–94 season under head-coach
Claude Andrey. After playing in five test games Palumbu played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the
St. Jakob Stadium on 21 August 1993 as Basel won 3–1 against
Fribourg. During this season his team mates were the likes of Swiss international goalkeeper
Stefan Huber, defenders
Massimo Ceccaroni,
Marco Walker and
Samir Tabakovic, the midfielders
Mario Cantaluppi,
Martin Jeitziner,
Admir Smajić and
Ørjan Berg and the Swiss international striker
Dario Zuffi. Together they won the promotion/relegation group and as
Nationalliga B champions thus won promotion to the top flight of Swiss football, after six seasons in the second tier. In his six months with the club Palumbo played a total of 14 games for Basel scoring two goals. Seven of these games were in the Nationalliga B, one in the
Swiss Cup and six were friendly games. Both goal were scored during the test games. Palumbo left Basel after the winter break of that season and moved on to play the rest of the season for german team
TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus. For the 1994–95 season he signed for
Servette FC, but did not become any playing time, so in the winter break he moved on to
Chênois. Here he played a successful second half of the season. At the beginning of the 1995–96 season Palumbo moved to Italy and signed for
Andria BAT and here he stayed for two and a half seasons. In January he signed for
Empoli. Palumbo's further stations in Italy include
Delfino Pescara,
Palermo,
Torres Calcio,
Pisa,
Olbia Calcio,
Virtus Casarano, Tavolara,
U.S. Viterbese 1908,
Nuorese Calcio,
U.S.D. Castelsardo and finally F.B.C. Calangianus 1905. ==References==