Garry Parker
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Garry Ronald Parker | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
|
Current team
|
Hibernian (assistant coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1986 | Luton Town | 42 | (3) |
| 1986–1988 | Hull City | 84 | (8) |
| 1988–1991 | Nottingham Forest | 103 | (17) |
| 1991–1995 | Aston Villa | 93 | (13) |
| 1995–2001 | Leicester City | 114 | (10) |
| Total | 436 | (51) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1988 | England U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 1989 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001 | Leicester City (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Garry Parker (born 7 September 1965) is an English former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach at Scottish Championship club Hibernian.
As a player he was a midfielder from 1983 to 2001, notably in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Leicester City. He also played for Luton Town and Hull City.
He was capped by his country at under-21 and B international level. In 2001 he became caretaker manager of Leicester City.
Parker initially played in Division One (now Premier League) for Luton Town. He made his debut aged 17 against Manchester United in May 1983 and played in the FA Cup semi final defeat to Everton in 1985 as a 19 year old, before moving to Hull City, managed by his former Luton skipper Brian Horton, the following season.
He was a first-team regular at Hull, a Division Two side, and attracted the attention of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest, who paid £260,000 for his services in March 1988. Initially he struggled to make his mark, not debuting for Forest until the end of April 1988, but the following season he became a regular on the left wing and won a Football League Cup winners medal with victory over his former club Luton Town. Forest also won the Simod Cup that season with a 4-3 win over Everton, with Parker scoring twice, the second of which involved running half the length of Wembley with the ball at his feet. Other important Cup goals that season came in the League Cup semi-final win over Bristol City and the only goal of Forest's FA Cup quarter final victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Parker was in the Forest team on duty at the Hillsborough disaster and also in the rescheduled semi-final at Old Trafford, which Forest lost to Liverpool.
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