Bernard Parker
Parker with FC Twente in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bernard Melvin Parker | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Boksburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder forward |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Transnet School of Excellence | |||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Thanda Royal Zulu | 116 | (29) |
| 2009 | Red Star Belgrade | 16 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | FC Twente | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Panserraikos (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2011– | Kaizer Chiefs | 112 | (87) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2008 | South Africa U-23 | 22 | (12) |
| 2007–2015 | South Africa | 70 | (21) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 December 2016 |
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Bernard Melvin Parker (born 16 March 1986 in Boksburg, Gauteng) is a South African professional association football midfielder/striker playing for Kaizer Chiefs.
Parker was born and grew up in Reiger Park, a township next to Boksburg. He was quite good in a variety of sports and excelled in short and long distance running as well as achieving Eastern Gauteng colours in swimming.
A product of the School of Excellence, Parker made his debut in the professional ranks for Cape Town's Hellenic FC, later bought and renamed Benoni Premier United. After the club was once again renamed and moved to Durban he remained with Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. until early 2009 when he obtained a transfer to European Cup Winners Red Star in Serbia. His stay in Belgrade was cut short after reports that the club had cash flow problems and owed its players' salaries. He consequentially signed with FC Twente in July 2009 and was a member of the team that won the Dutch 2009–10 Eredivisie. After Twente Manager Steve Mclaren's move to the German Bundesliga, Parker failed to convince new coach Michel Preud'homme of his qualities and thus spent the first half of the 2010/11 Dutch season mostly on the bench. He joined Leicester City on trial in December 2010 with a view to a permanent move away from the Dutch club. On 18 January 2011 he moved to Panserraikos F.C. on loan, to secure extra game time and returned to FC Twente after the end of the 2010/11 Greek season. After receiving interest from Swedish clubs Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF as well as South Africa's Kaizer Chiefs, Parker chose the latter ahead of the other clubs. In the 2012/13 season, Parker scored 12 league goals in 28 matches and finished as runner up to Katlego Mashego who had 13 and helped Chiefs to a league and cup double. The following season, he won the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot with 10 goals.
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