Connor Parsons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Connor Riece George Parsons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 2000 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Waterford | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Norwich United | 11 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Lowestoft Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2021 | Tindastóll | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Dalvík/Reynir | 6 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Notts County (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Bromley (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Solihull Moors (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023– | Waterford | 58 | (9) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Connor Riece George Parsons (born 26 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Waterford.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Parsons played as a youth with Norwich City, leaving the club in December 2019 by mutual consent.[4] He then played for Norwich United, scoring 5 goals in 12 games in all competitions,[5] before signing for Lowestoft Town in October 2020.[6] After scoring 1 goal in 7 games in all competitions,[7] he left the club in March 2021 to sign for Icelandic club Tindastóll.[8] He moved to Dalvík/Reynir in April 2021,[9] for whom he made seven appearances.[1]
Wycombe Wanderers
[edit]He returned to the UK to sign a one-year contract with Wycombe Wanderers in August 2021.[10] On 31 August 2021, Parsons scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 English Football League Trophy loss to Aston Villa U21s.[11] On 26 November 2021, Parsons joined National League side Notts County on loan until 29 January 2022.[12][13][14] On 4 February 2022 Parsons signed for National League side Bromley on an initial one-month loan.[15] On 2 March 2022, the loan deal was extended until the end of the season.[16] On 10 May 2022, Parsons was recalled by his parent club after 11 appearances.[17] His Wycombe contract was renewed for the 2022–23 season.[18]
In August 2022 he moved on loan to Solihull Moors.[19]
Waterford
[edit]In December 2022 it was announced that he would sign for Irish club Waterford in January 2023.[20][21] On 10 November 2023, Parsons scored in a 2–1 win over Cork City, in the League of Ireland Promotion/Relegation Play-off, as his side gained promotion to the League of Ireland Premier Division.[22] On 30 November 2023, Parsons signed a new contract with the club for the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division season.[23]
Personal life
[edit]After his release from Norwich City, Parsons "built a social media audience" and had 40,000 subscribers on YouTube as of October 2020.[24] In June 2022 he featured in a YouTube video, where Joël Matip and Jürgen Klopp had to guess which person from 5 was a professional footballer.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leikmaður - Connor Riece George Parsons". www.ksi.is.
- ^ Connor Parsons English stats at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Connor Parsons Irish stats at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "Connor Parsons contract cancelled by mutual consent". www.canaries.co.uk.
- ^ "Connor Parsons - Norwich United First Team". www.pitchero.com.
- ^ "1ST TEAM PARSONS & OPPONG JOIN TRAWLERBOYS". www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Connor Parsons Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
- ^ Steve Whitney (15 March 2021). "Parsons Leaves Lowestoft for Iceland". Southern Football League.
- ^ "Dalvík/Reynir sem við breskan leikmann". 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Connor makes Chairboys move". www.wycombewanderers.co.uk.
- ^ "gallery-wycombe-1-3-aston-villa-u21s". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Young stars make loan moves". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ James, Emma (26 November 2021). "Notts County sign winger Parsons on loan from Wycombe". NottinghamshireLive.
- ^ Curtis, Leigh (1 February 2022). "Double Notts exit confirmed as Burchnall sends 'perspective' message". NottinghamshireLive.
- ^ "Bromley sign Connor Parsons on loan from Wycombe Wanderers". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Connor Parsons extends Bromley loan". 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Wycombe Wanderers recall forward from Non League club". Bucks Free Press. 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Eight Wycombe Wanderers players are offered new contracts for the up-and-coming 2022/23 season". Bucks Free Press. 25 May 2022.
- ^ "'I can't wait to get going' - Wycombe midfielder leaves Adams Park to join Non league club on loan". Bucks Free Press. 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Waterford FC Sign Connor Parsons". Waterford FC. 23 December 2022.
- ^ Penrose, Gareth. "Parsons joins Waterford from Wycombe Wanderers". extratime.com.
- ^ Barry, Stephen (10 November 2023). "Waterford win promotion in extra-time against Cork City" – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ "Connor Parsons Returns for the 2024 Season". Waterford FC. 30 November 2023.
- ^ Bailey, Michael. "'What I've realised now is I'm going to have to do it the hard way'". The Athletic.
- ^ "'He's a baller!' - Wycombe Wanderers' Connor Parsons stars in popular YouTuber's video". Bucks Free Press.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Norwich United F.C. players
- Lowestoft Town F.C. players
- Tindastóll men's football players
- Dalvík/Reynir players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Bromley F.C. players
- Waterford F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- National League (English football) players
- English expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Solihull Moors F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- 21st-century English sportsmen