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Bernard Parker
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Bernard Parker is a South African association football player and coach born in Boksburg in 1986. He competes as a forward and midfielder, wearing the number 25. His professional career began in 2004, and he has played for Thanda Royal Zulu F.C., FC Twente, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., and Panserraikos F.C.
Parker represented South Africa in international competitions, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2013 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He speaks English and is known by his given name, Bernard Parker, in his native language.
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Key facts
- 2009
- → Red Star Belgrade
- 2011
- → Panserraikos (loan)
- 2024
- TS Galaxy reserves
- Full name
- Bernard Melvin Parker
- Date of birth
- ( 1986-03-16 ) 16 March 1986 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Boksburg , South Africa
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Positions
- Attacking midfielder forward
- Current team
- TS Galaxy reserves (head coach)
- Years
- Team
- 2004 2009
- Thanda Royal Zulu
- 2009 2011
- FC Twente
- 2011 2022
- Kaizer Chiefs
- 2022 2024
- TS Galaxy
- 2006 2008
- South Africa U23
- 2007 2015
- South Africa
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Kaizer Chiefs
- Position
- Attacker
- Nationality
- South Africa
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Boksburg
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- South Africa men's national association football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- South Africa
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Bernard Parker FC Twente.jpg
- Height
- 172
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1986-03-16
- sport number
- 25
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 406195
- name in native language
- Bernard Parker
- Commons category
- Bernard Parker
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernard Parker (born 16 March 1986) is a South African soccer manager and former player who manages the TS Galaxy reserves. He played as a midfielder or forward. Between 2007 and 2015 he made 73 appearances for the South Africa national team scoring 23 goals.
Parker started his professional football career playing for Thanda Royal Zulu in the Premier Soccer League, where he made 70 appearances before a one-year loan to Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. He joined Eredivisie side FC Twente in 2009, where he spent a season and a half before being loaned out to Panserraikos in the Greek Super League. During his time in the Eredivisie, Parker won the 2009-10 Eredivisie and the 2010 Johan Cruyff Shield.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bernard Parker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.