Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Parks | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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vacant | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1988 | Tottenham Hotspur | 37 | (0) |
1986 | → Oxford United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1987 | → Gillingham (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Brentford | 71 | (0) |
1990 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Fulham | 2 | (0) |
1991–1992 | West Ham United | 6 | (0) |
1992 | Stoke City | 2 | (0) |
1992–1996 | Falkirk | 112 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
1997–1998 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
1998 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Barrow | ||
1999 | Scarborough | 15 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Halifax Town | 6 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2000 | Halifax Town (caretaker manager) | ||
2001 | Halifax Town (caretaker manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Anthony Parks (born 26 January 1963) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Oxford United, Gillingham, Brentford, Fulham, West Ham United, Stoke City, Doncaster Rovers, Scarborough and Halifax Town, and in Scotland for Falkirk. Parks was appointed goalkeeping coach for Norwich City on 14 July 2014. In 2015, he became goalkeeping coach of Aston Villa.
Parks was born in Hackney, London, and began his football career with Tottenham Hotspur. Though never a first-team regular, he was on the winning side in the 1984 UEFA Cup Final, in which he saved the final penalty by Arnór Guðjohnsen in the shootout. In a career spanning over 20 years, he was on the books of 15 different clubs, making more than 250 league appearances, and had two spells as joint caretaker manager of Halifax Town.