Tom Parratt

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Tom Parratt
Date of birth	2 March 1986 (1986-03-02) (age 22)
Place of birth	Inverness, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Right back
Youth clubs
1997–2001 2001–2005	Iowa City Alliance Birmingham City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2006 2006–	Inverness Caledonian Thistle Hamilton Academical	00 (0) 45 (0)
National team²
	Scotland under-19
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Tom Parratt (born 2 March 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Hamilton Academical in the First Division of the Scottish Football League.

1 Playing career
2 Honours
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Parratt was born in Inverness, Scotland, but moved to the United States with his family at the age of three. He grew up in Iowa City, Iowa, attended Iowa City High School, played football for Iowa City Alliance,^[1] where his father Ian Parratt is Director of Coaching,^[2] and attended the US National U-14 training camp. At the age of 15 he came to England to join Birmingham City, and after a year's acclimatisation began a three-year scholarship programme with Birmingham's Academy. During his time with Birmingham he played for the Scotland under-19 team.^[1]

Released by the club at the end of the 2004–05 season, Parratt returned to the place of his birth to join Inverness Caledonian Thistle of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[3] Although he sat on the substitutes' bench on numerous occasions, he made no appearances in the SPL, his only first-team match being as a second-half substitute in the Scottish League Cup with his side already 5–1 ahead against Alloa Athletic.^[4]

Released by the club at the end of the 2005–06 season, he signed for Hamilton Academical in August 2006,^[5] and has since established himself as the club's first-choice right back.^[6]

[edit] Honours

Hamilton Academical

Scottish Football League First Division: 2007–08

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Alumni profiles Tom Parratt. Iowa City Alliance Soccer Club. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ Wood, Jenny (Winter 2005). Iowa Soccer Association Honors Parents, Coaches, Volunteers, Players and Referees (PDF). Midwest Soccer News p. 15. Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska Youth Soccer Associations. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Striker Dargo moves to Inverness", BBC Sport, 2005-06-13. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Inverness CT 6-1 Alloa", BBC Sport, 2005-08-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ "Inverness's Parratt joins Accies", BBC Sport, 2006-08-08. Retrieved on 2008-04-08.
^ Accies Squad 2007-8. Hamilton Academical F.C. (2007-10-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-08.

[edit] External links

Tom Parratt career stats at Soccerbase

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Hamilton Academical F.C. – current squad

GK Černý • GK Murdoch • GK Potter • DF Easton • DF Elebert • DF Evans • DF Gibson • DF Gillespie • DF Love • DF McLaughlin • DF Parratt • DF Stevenson • DF Swailes • MF Corcoran • MF McArthur • MF McCarthy • MF Mensing • MF Neil • MF Taylor • FW Gow • FW Grady • FW Graham • FW Kirkpatrick • FW Lyle • FW McLeod • FW Offiong • FW Twigg • FW Waterworth • Manager: Reid

Persondata
NAME	Parratt, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-03-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Inverness, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH