Brad Parker (soccer)

Bradley Raymond Parker (born 23 April 1980) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels as a defender and midfielder.

Brad Parker
Personal information
Full name Bradley Raymond Parker[1]
Date of birth (1980-04-23) 23 April 1980
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1998 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Feyenoord 0 (0)
National team
1998–2000 Canada 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club career

Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Parker played club football with Dutch club Feyenoord.[2] In June 2000, he was on trial with Belgian club RWD Molenbeek,[3] and he finally left Feyenoord in July 2001 after five years with the club.[4] After leaving Feyenoord, Parker went on trial with English clubs Bradford City,[5] and Chesterfield.[6]

International career

Parker played at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, making three appearances in the tournament.[7]

He earned six caps for the Canadian senior team between 1998 and 2000.[2] In an April 1999 friendly match against Northern Ireland, Parker scored an own goal.[8]

References
  1. "Profile". Worldfootball.net.
  2. Brad Parker at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Toch 3 Feyenoorders naar RWDM" (in Dutch). netwerk.to. 22 June 2000.
  4. "Soccer round-up: CDN deVos to leave Scotland". CTV.ca. 26 July 2001.
  5. Adam Marshall. "City eye Muirhead". Sky Sports.
  6. Simon Fudge. "No Lyttle deal for Spireites". Sky Sports.
  7. Brad Parker – FIFA competition record
  8. David Anderson (28 April 1999). "Football: Parker's own goal a late leveller". The Independent.
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