Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan Parr | ||
Date of birth | 21 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Full back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Strømsgodset | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Holmlia | |||
KFUM Oslo | |||
Hauger | |||
–2006 | Lyn/NTG | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Lyn | 11 | (0) |
2007–2011 | Aalesund | 110 | (8) |
2011–2014 | Crystal Palace | 92 | (2) |
2014–2016 | Ipswich Town | 41 | (3) |
2016– | Strømsgodset | 27 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Norway U17 | 7 | (4) |
2007 | Norway U19 | 7 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Norway U21 | 18 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Norway | 9 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2013 |
Jonathan Parr (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a full back for Strømsgodset. He made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 2010.
Hailing from Oslo, Parr started his professional career with the local team Lyn, where he made his debut in Tippeligaen. He then transferred to Aalesund in 2007, where he was a part of the team that won the Norwegian Cup in both 2009 and 2011. Parr transferred to the Championship side Crystal Palace in July 2011 and was a part of the team that won promotion to the Premier League in the 2012–13 season.
Parr was born in Oslo where he grew up in Holmlia and played for Holmlia SK. During his youth he also played for KFUM Oslo and Hauger before he got enrolled in the NTG/Lyn-program.
Parr made his Tippeligaen debut for Lyn on 30 April 2006, in a 1–4 loss against Stabæk. He played 14 senior matches for Lyn, 11 of them in Tippeligaen. Parr was mostly used as a striker or winger at Lyn.
In March 2007 he signed a three-year contract for Aalesund. He was in the starting line-up five times, and came off the bench 14 times during his first year in Aalesund. His first league goal came in the 4–1 victory against Sandefjord on 29 July 2007. He won the Norwegian Football Cup with Aalesund in 2009. In February 2010, he extended his contract an extra year, expiring at the end of 2011.