english association football musician and coach
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Scott Matthew Parker ( behave 13 October 1980 ) is an english professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the head coach of EFL Championship club AFC Bournemouth.

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Parker began his career at Charlton Athletic, and was loaned to Norwich City, before joining Chelsea for a £10 million fee in January 2004. He did not play regularly at Chelsea, and moved to Newcastle United the come year, where he was made master. Parker joined West Ham United in 2007, and was the FWA Footballer of the class for the 2010–11 season despite the club being relegated. He was then signed by Tottenham Hotspur and joined Fulham in 2013. He would play 119 league matches for Fulham in both the Premier League and the Championship, before retiring at the end of the 2016–17 season. He has represented England at every level from under-16 to elder, making his full debut in 2003. uniquely, he won his first gear four England caps while playing for four different clubs. [ 4 ] Parker was a penis of the England team which reached the quarter-finals at UEFA Euro 2012. Following his retirement, Parker pursued a career in management. He was appointed caretaker director of Fulham in February 2019, before being appointed on a permanent footing that summer. In his first season in charge, Parker guided Fulham to promotion to the Premier League after winning the Championship play-offs. however, Fulham were relegated back to the Championship the follow season, after which Parker left to join Bournemouth, besides in the Championship .

early life [edit ]

Parker was born in Lambeth, Greater London, and attended Haberdashers ‘ Aske ‘s Hatcham College in New Cross. [ 5 ] As a 13-year-old, he appeared in a long-familiar English mention for McDonald ‘s, in which he played keepie uppie, during the 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign. [ 6 ] Parker is a graduate of The Football Association ‘s now-defunct national School of Excellence at Lilleshall. [ 5 ]

Club career [edit ]

Charlton Athletic [edit ]

After graduating from Lilleshall, Parker signed for Charlton Athletic as a trainee and made his first-team debut as a alternate against Bury in the First Division on 23 August 1997, a match which ended 0–0. [ 5 ] He signed his first gear professional contract with the club two months former. [ 5 ] Over the adjacent couple of years he made entirely a few sporadic substitute appearances for Charlton, although he was one of the brightest prospects in English football. [ citation needed ] In October 2000, Charlton, then in the Premier League, loaned Parker to First Division cabaret Norwich City [ 7 ] for two months to give the England under-21 international some first-team experience. At Norwich he scored once against Sheffield Wednesday. [ 8 ] On his fall to The Valley, Parker was immediately called into the first team to replace injure master Mark Kinsella. [ citation needed ] Parker played indeed well for Charlton that, upon his return from wound, Kinsella could not regain his rate in the starting line-up. [ citation needed ] Parker soon became the linchpin of Charlton ‘s midfield, combining dogged tackling with an ability to carry the ball quickly from refutation to attack and act telling passes, creating many chances for his teammates. [ citation needed ]

Chelsea [edit ]

Parker, who had been systematically linked with moves away from Charlton for respective years, finally left the Valley on 30 January 2004 to join Chelsea on a four-and-a-half-year abridge for a £10 million fee. [ 9 ] Alan Curbishley, the Charlton director, criticised his attitude following news of Chelsea ‘s matter to, accusing him of bad demeanor and saying that “ … his conduct in training has not been what it should have been. ” [ 10 ] Parker was initially signed as cover for Claude Makélélé and Frank Lampard, but did not get excessively many chances to play in his prefer place. [ citation needed ] He scored his only finish for Chelsea in a 2–0 win against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on 11 February. [ 11 ] At the goal of the 2003–04 season, Parker was named as the PFA Young Player of the Year. [ 12 ] Following the summer signings of Arjen Robben and Tiago Mendes, Parker ‘s first-team opportunities were limited during 2004–05. [ citation needed ] Although he found first-team opportunities hard to come by at Chelsea, he was a unconstipated starter in Chelsea ‘s League Cup matches, a competition where he played in three straight victories against West Ham, [ 13 ] Newcastle [ 14 ] and Fulham. [ 15 ] His problems were compounded when he broke a metatarsal bone in a meet against his erstwhile golf club, Norwich City. [ 16 ] due to this injury, Parker missed both legs of the League Cup semi-final against Manchester United and the final against Liverpool, although he took part in the celebrations. [ citation needed ]

newcastle United [edit ]

Parker was sold the comply summer, moving to Newcastle United in July 2005 for a £6.5 million fee. [ 17 ] He became a regular in the Newcastle beginning team and was one of the few players at the club to show any consistency during an frequently difficult season in which Newcastle finished in seventh place, despite having a very poor people start under Graeme Souness. [ citation needed ] His first Newcastle goal came against his former golf club Charlton in a 3–1 defeat on 25 March 2006. [ 18 ] Later that month he was diagnosed with glandular fever, putting an end to his season. [ 19 ] The timing was particularly unfortunate for Parker, who had been playing well for Newcastle, as it ended any hopes he may have had of forcing his room into the 2006 FIFA World Cup. [ citation needed ] In July 2006, he was named Newcastle United ‘s modern captain by director Glenn Roeder, succeeding the put out Alan Shearer. [ 20 ] His foremost finish as captain came against Wigan Athletic on 19 August 2006, in a 2–1 win on the first day of the season. [ 21 ] Parker scored his second goal of the season against Fulham in September 2006, but after he was substituted Newcastle conceded 2 goals and subsequently lost the match. [ 22 ] Despite Newcastle ‘s poor form, his performances earned him a recall to the England police squad in September after an absence of more than two years. [ citation needed ] In November, Parker scored a finish in the 116th hour against Watford in the League Cup and then scored in the penalty shoot-out to allow Newcastle to progress in the rival. [ 23 ] He scored his fourthly goal of 2006–07 against Tottenham Hotspur in December 2006. [ 24 ] Scott Parker was found to be the second best player in the area for December 2006 by Sky Sports and Opta Index. [ citation needed ] He led Newcastle on their way to UEFA Intertoto Cup victory and was presented with the Intertoto Cup brass in March 2007 before the UEFA Cup first-leg affiliation with AZ. [ 25 ]

West Ham United [edit ]

In June 2007, West Ham United signed Scott Parker for a £7 million tip. [ 26 ] due to injury, he did not make his first-team debut until 26 September 2007 in the 1–0 League Cup victory against Plymouth Argyle. [ 27 ] His entire Premier League debut came on 29 September 2007 in the 1–0 family kill to Arsenal, a match which saw Parker sustaining another injury and being substituted for Hayden Mullins at half-time. [ 28 ] Parker scored his first goal for West Ham, a last-minute winner in the 2–1 succeed at Middlesbrough on 22 December 2007. [ 29 ] In 2008–09, Parker played a major part of West Ham ‘s season and on 24 May 2009 was voted Hammer of the year, by the club ‘s supporters. [ 30 ] and became the first musician since julian Dicks in 1997 to retain the prize after winning again on 4 May 2010. [ 31 ] He was again one of West Ham ‘s winder players in 2009–10, scoring the winning goal in a critical 3–2 win against Wigan Athletic, which ensured another season of Premier League football for West Ham. [ 32 ] In July 2010, West Ham chair David Sullivan stated that Parker was not for sale to another baseball club at any price. This came after a bid from Tottenham Hotspur [ 33 ] and besides public sake from Aston Villa. [ 34 ] In September 2010 Parker signed a modern, five-year, compress with West Ham which besides made him the highest yield player in the club ‘s history. [ 35 ] Parker scored three goals in his foremost six appearances in 2010–11. His goals came in matches against Oxford United, [ 36 ] Chelsea, [ 37 ] and Stoke City. [ 38 ] He is widely see [ 39 ] [ 40 ] as one of the most consistent english midfielders over the survive few years. There were calls from England supporters and Avram Grant [ 39 ] [ 41 ] for the midfielder to be included in England ‘s team and feature on a regular basis. On 12 February Carlton Cole praised Scott Parker ‘s “ inspirational ” pep talk at half time after, being 3–0 down, West Ham earned a 3–3 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Cole was quoted as saying of the talk “ If you were there you would have had a pluck in your center ”. [ 42 ] Parker was named Premier League Player of the Month for February 2011 following his performances in West Ham ‘s 3–1 wins over Blackpool and Liverpool. [ 43 ] Following his performances for West Ham despite their delegating, and his England recall, Parker was placed on the six-strong short list for the prestigious PFA Players ‘ Player of the Year Award. He missed out on the PFA award but was named the FWA Footballer of the Year. [ 44 ] Parker started the first four matches of 2011–12 for West Ham United in the Championship and scored his first goal of the season, and tenth league goal for the club against Watford on 16 August 2011. [ 45 ] Amid guess that Tottenham Hotspur would sign the actor, Parker handed West Ham co-owner David Gold a hand written transfer request, saying “ I have had a fantastic four years at West Ham United and will never forget all the documentation I have had from the fans and everyone associated with the cabaret. ” “ The coach and display panel have tried hard to convince me to stay but at this stagecoach in my career, I need to be playing in the Premier League, specially now that I am involved with England. ” “ I hope the fans will understand and respect my decision and I wish the cabaret every achiever in their contend for promotion this temper. ” [ 46 ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

On 31 August 2011, Tottenham and West Ham both announced the transfer of Parker to Spurs, with the fee believed to be £5.5 million. [ 47 ] Tottenham said “ We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with West Ham United for the permanent wave transfer of Scott Parker. ” [ 48 ] [ 49 ] With Scott Parker playing for Tottenham Hotspur, it meant that he was the only player to represent clubs in North, East, South and West London in the Premier League. [ 50 ] On 10 September 2011 Parker made his Spurs ‘ debut, providing an help for mate debutant Emmanuel Adebayor. [ 51 ] He made his home introduction the following week in a 4–0 win over Liverpool. [ 52 ] Parker finished his foremost four matches for Tottenham on the gain team. [ citation needed ] He captained them in a 2–1 away win over Blackburn on 23 October. [ citation needed ] Parker finished his first season at Tottenham being named as their player of the class for the 2011–12 season. [ 53 ] Parker was injured on international duty before the start of 2012–13 and did not make his first appearance of the season until 16 December as a 90th-minute ersatz. [ 54 ] american journalist William Saletan had high praise for Parker ‘s defensive skills after seeing the QPR match in person at White Hart Lane. “ Parker does n’t score or get credited with assists. He leaves that to the guys improving front, ” he wrote .

What Parker does alternatively is winnings games. He does this not by punctuating the match but by controlling it. He smothers oncoming attacks. He forces opponents off the ball. He orchestrates distribution out of the back, setting in gesticulate a Spurs onslaught that will culminate 60 yards downfield … You ca n’t watch the game up close without noticing Parker. [ 55 ]

Fulham [edit ]

On 19 August 2013, Parker signed a three-year compress with Fulham, for an undisclosed tip. [ 56 ] On 23 November 2013, Parker was made captain for the match against Swansea City in the absence of Brede Hangeland, and scored his first base goal for them in the 2–1 loss at Craven Cottage. [ 57 ] Fulham were relegated at the goal of the season. [ 58 ] Parker retired from playing in June 2017. [ 59 ]

International career [edit ]

Parker has represented England at every level from under-16 to the senior team. [ 5 ] He earned nine caps for the England under-21 team. [ 60 ] Parker ‘s international debut for the senior England team came on 16 November 2003 when he came on in the 66th minute as a substitute replacing Wayne Rooney in a 3–2 defeat against Denmark. [ 61 ] His form earned him a place in the starting line-up for England ‘s european Championships qualifier aside to Croatia on 11 October 2006. In a 3–5–2 formation Parker was restricted to tracking bet on and covering due to the attacking players in the team like Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard. England boss Steve McClaren specifically told Parker to chase the wingers and assist the two fly backs, Gary Neville and Ashley Cole. England lost 2–0 and Parker would not feature again for England for four-and-a-half years. [ 62 ] On 11 May 2010, Parker was revealed to be among director Fabio Capello ‘s 30-man preliminary team tilt for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [ 63 ] however, he was not included in the final 23-man police squad. [ citation needed ] On 9 February 2011, he came on as a second-half substitute for Frank Lampard in a friendly against Denmark to become the first player to receive his foremost four wide caps whilst playing for four teams. [ 4 ] On 26 March 2011, Parker played in the Millennium Stadium against Wales in the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012 and was recognised as one of England ‘s top players in the victory, acting as a holding midfielder in Capello ‘s newly adopted 4–3–3 constitution. [ 64 ] On 12 November 2011, Parker was named man of the match in a friendly against UEFA Euro 2008 and 2010 FIFA World Cup winners Spain in the 1–0 win. [ 65 ] Parker captained England on 29 February 2012 in their 2–3 defeat by the Netherlands at Wembley. [ 66 ] Following Roy Hodgson ‘s appointment as England director, Parker was selected as part of England ‘s UEFA Euro 2012 preliminary squad and was kept in for the concluding 23-man police squad. [ 67 ] He started all four of England ‘s matches, helping the team top their group with wins against Sweden and Ukraine and a pull back with France before they were knocked out in the quarter finals by Italy. [ 68 ] His final crown came in March 2013, in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino, coming on as a substitute for Frank Lampard. [ 69 ]

style of maneuver [edit ]

Parker warming up for Fulham in 2014 Parker was known as a bully tackle central midfielder. [ 70 ] On the international stage, Parker had been among the celebrated England players to have been criticised and panned for their hard-working but less technical vogue of play. [ 71 ] Overlooked for major tournaments such as UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Parker was during 2012 a regular presence in the line-up, being partnered with Steven Gerrard. Although England had a relatively disappoint Euro 2012 campaign, some viewed the partnership of Parker and Gerrard as one of the positives. [ 72 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Fulham [edit ]

2018–19 : First-team coach and caretaker director [edit ]

curtly after his retirement from playing, Parker returned to Tottenham Hotspur, coaching their under-18 police squad, equally well as being announced as a clubhouse ambassador. [ 73 ] In July 2018, Parker left Tottenham to return to Fulham, who had just gained promotion back to the Premier League, serving as first-team coach, linking up with former director Slaviša Jokanović. [ 74 ] He was retained in his coach position after Claudio Ranieri was brought in to replace a dissolve Jokanović that November. [ 75 ]

Ranieri was dismissed on 28 February 2019, after Fulham had achieved no improvement and were left engaged in a relegation struggle. [ 76 ] Parker was then appointed as caretaker coach that lapp day, the cabaret now sat nineteenth in the Premier League postpone. [ 77 ] He took charge of the team for the first gear time three days late, where they lost 2–1 to visitors Chelsea. [ 78 ] Fulham were relegated to the Championship after a disappointing returning league crusade, their delegating confirmed after a 4–1 thrashing by Watford, with five games remaining. [ 79 ]

2019–21 : Premier League promotion and delegating [edit ]

After guess originate over who would replace Ranieri on a permanent basis following relegation, chair Shahid Khan appointed Parker as coach permanently on a biennial narrow. [ 80 ] Parker was able to retain the majority of his players, despite relegation, with star hitter Aleksandar Mitrović signing a newly sign during the summer. [ 81 ] During his first season in tear, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all English sport being suspended from March until June 2020 ; Fulham ultimately finished the season in one-fourth place, missing out on automatic rifle promotion by two points, therefore qualifying to the forwarding play-offs. After defeating Cardiff City over two legs in the semi-finals, they beat Brentford in the play-off final to achieve promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. [ 82 ] Fulham ‘s refund to the Premier League however did not begin smoothly : they lost their first four games and failed to win until November, when they beat relegation rivals West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at Craven Cottage. [ 83 ] Towards the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, Parker reportedly became a surprise rival for the Tottenham Hotspur managerial vacancy, after José Mourinho was dismissed, but he remained at the club. [ 84 ] Parker ‘s side were relegated to the Championship once again in May 2021 after suffering kill to Burnley, who were above them in the Premier League table. [ 85 ] Following relegation, Parker said that Fulham must try to break the cycle of relegation and promotion and establish themselves in the clear flight. [ 86 ] On 28 June, the club announced that Parker had left by reciprocal accept. [ 87 ]

AFC Bournemouth [edit ]

The like day his deviation from Fulham was finalized, Parker was appointed as drumhead coach of AFC Bournemouth, replacing Jonathan Woodgate. Parker signed a three-year sign with the clubhouse. [ 88 ] After guiding the club to 13 points from a possible 15, Parker was awarded the league ‘s Manager of the Month award for September 2021. [ 89 ] Parker won the award again in October after leading Bournemouth to five wins in five matches, conceding just one goal in the process. [ 90 ]

personal animation [edit ]

Parker is the brother-in-law of football player Harry Arter, who played under Scott Parker for Fulham. Parker has been in a kinship with Arter ’ sulfur baby, Carly, for over 15 years. [ 91 ] He has four sons. [ 92 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[113]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

2003
1
0

2004
1
0

2006
1
0

2011
7
0

2012
7
0

2013
1
0

Total
18
0

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 3 December 2021[114]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

To

Record

P
W
D
L
Win %

Fulham

28 February 2019

28 June 2021

105
37
25
43
0 35.2
AFC Bournemouth

28 June 2021

Present
23
13
7
3
0 56.5

Total

128
50
32
46
0 39.1

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Charlton Athletic
Newcastle United
Individual

director [edit ]

Fulham
Individual

References [edit ]

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