Tony Parks

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Tony Parks
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-26) 26 January 1963
Place of birthHackney, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubTottenham Hotspur (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1988Tottenham Hotspur37(0)
1986Oxford United (loan)5(0)
1987Gillingham (loan)2(0)
1988–1990Brentford71(0)
1990Queens Park Rangers (loan)0(0)
1990–1991Fulham2(0)
1991–1992West Ham United6(0)
1992Stoke City2(0)
1992–1996Falkirk112(0)
1996–1997Blackpool0(0)
1997–1998Burnley0(0)
1998Doncaster Rovers6(0)
1998–1999Barrow
1999Scarborough15(0)
1999–2002Halifax Town6(0)
Teams managed
2000Halifax Town (caretaker manager)
2001Halifax Town (caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anthony "Tony" 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.[1][2]

Career

Parks was born in Hackney, London, and began his football career with Tottenham Hotspur.[2] 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.[3] In a career spanning over 20 years, he was on the books of 15 different clubs, making more than 250 league appearances,[1] and had two spells as joint caretaker manager of Halifax Town.[4][5]

After his playing career ended, Parks went on to work as a goalkeeping coach with several clubs and as one of the Football Association's national coaches, working with the England youth teams.[3] In November 2008, he succeeded Hans Leitert as goalkeeping coach for Tottenham Hotspur.[6]

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

  • UEFA Cup winner: 1984

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tony Parks". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Tony Parks". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Staves, Russell (11 October 2007). "Parks' life". The Football Association. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
  4. Nixon, Alan (4 October 2000). "Bracewell given task of rescuing Halifax". The Independent. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
  5. Wilson, Scott (3 April 2002). "Halifax count cost of Bracewell's exit". The Independent. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 
  6. "Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp appoints Tony Parks to help Heurelho Gomes". The Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009. 

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