Paul Parry
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| Paul Parry | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Paul Ian Parry | |
| Date of birth | August 19, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Chepstow, Wales | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Winger, Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cardiff City | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1995–1997 1997–1998 |
Bristol City Hereford United |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2004 2004– |
Hereford United Cardiff City |
150 (29) 192 (24) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004–2008 | Wales | 12 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Paul Ian Parry (born August 19, 1980 in Chepstow) is a former Welsh international football player who currently plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City. He plays as either a winger or striker.
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[edit] Personal life
Parry suffers from a severe fear of flying (aviophobia) which, like other footballers such as Dennis Bergkamp, has caused problems during his career due to his inability to sometimes travel with the Wales team to far-away countries. He manages to overcome by taking tablets. It has also caused problems in his club career when his teams have travelled to opposite ends of Great Britain. He has often managed to get around the problem by travelling the long distances by car.[1]
As a youngster he attended Chepstow Comprehensive School.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Hereford United
Parry started his career at Bristol City where he spent two years as a schoolboy, before joining Hereford United as a YTS trainee.[2] He made his league debut for Hereford on 7 November 1998, coming on as a substitute in a 3-2 defeat away to Leek Town. His profile was raised after an excellent FA Cup performance against Leicester City in the 1999/00 season. In this match, Parry so nearly scored the winning goal when he dribbled past 5 Leicester players and hit the post when one-on-one with goalkeeper Tim Flowers.[3]
He was Hereford's leading goalscorer in the 2002-03 season. On December 19, 2003, under the watchful eye of Cardiff City manager Lennie Lawrence, Parry scored a hat-trick for Hereford in a 7-1 rout over Forest Green. Soon after, Cardiff signed him for an initial fee of £75,000[4] (which would increase depending on appearances). Parry's final appearance for Hereford saw him score the winning goal in added time against Stevenage Borough.[5]
[edit] Cardiff City
He quickly became a firm favourite with the Bluebirds fans under manager Lennie Lawrence. During this time Parry came close to leaving after the club revealed that it had large financial problems.[6] He was linked with a move to Yeovil Town[7], who had tracked Parry from his days at Hereford United[8], but he eventually managed to avoid the cull of players, which included club captain Graham Kavanagh and star players Jobi McAnuff and Peter Thorne, and he has continued to improve under current manager Dave Jones where he is currently the longest serving first team player at the club and is a huge favourite with the Bluebirds fans.
[edit] 2007-08
Parry began the 2007/08 season in fine form, forcing summer signing Trevor Sinclair out of the team with his impressive displays. His continuing good form also found him finding the net more often for Cardiff with goals against QPR, Burnley, Ipswich Town and Sheffield United leaving him as the Bluebirds joint top scorer by late December. His good form in the season and Cardiff's financial trouble saw several other Championship sides enquire about him, Norwich City even having a £750,000 offer rejected, but Parry has stated that he does not wish to leave Cardiff.[9] January saw Parry return to the club he started his playing career at, Hereford United, when the two sides met in the fourth round of the FA Cup, with Cardiff winning 2-1.
Towards the end of the season, with a lack of strikers at the club, Parry was used primarily as a striker, playing alongside either Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Steve Thompson, and he would go on to finish the season as the clubs joint top scorer, along with Joe Ledley, with 11 goals in all competitions. In April he suffered a hamstring injury during a 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion and he was forced to miss the remaining league games of the season as well as the FA Cup semi-final win over Barnsley. The injury meant he was forced into a long wait over his chances of appearing in the final,[10] but he did eventually manage to return in time and played all 90 minutes in a 1-0 defeat to Portsmouth.
[edit] 2008-09
After stating his intent to be a regular as a forward for the club,[11] Parry opened his goalscoring account early in the 2008-09 season, scoring both goals in a 2-1 win over Bournemouth in the first round of the League Cup, the teams second game of the season on 12 August.[12] However Parry soon reverted back to playing as a winger due to the partnership of Ross McCormack and Jay Bothroyd and was forced to wait until 4 October before scoring his first league goal of the season in a 1-1 draw with Blackpool.[13] In February 2009, Parry made his 200th appearance in all competitions for Cardiff when he played in a 4-0 defeat to Arsenal in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
[edit] International career
Parry made his international debut for Wales on February 18, 2004, coming on as a substitute in the 4-0 win over Scotland. It capped a remarkable rise for the midfielder who, at the time, had only made five appearances since joining Cardiff and had been playing Conference football six weeks earlier.[14] He scored his first international goal in the 1-0 win over Canada on May 30, 2004.
In August 2007 Parry was called up to the Wales squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Germany and Slovakia but pulled out of the squad for personal reasons, which were later revealed to be due to going through a stressful divorce and custody battle.[15] His decision was branded "silly" by former Cardiff player Jason Perry.[16] However on 15 January 2008 Parry stated that he would return to play for Wales if he was called upon by Toshack.[17] Parry returned to international football to win one more cap in a friendly match against Georgia before causing another shock by announcing his retirement from internationals at the age of 28[18], later stating that he felt like a "spare part" in the Wales team after being overlooked during a world cup qualifying match against Azerbaijan.[19][20]
During his time at Hereford Parry also played for the Wales semi-professional team.[21]
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other Cups | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hereford United | 1998–99 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 |
| 1999–00 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |
| 2000–01 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2001–02 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 6 | |
| 2002–03 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | |
| 2003–04 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | |
| Cardiff City | 2003–04 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2005–06 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | |
| 2007–08 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 11 | |
| 2008–09 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | |
| Career totals | 361 | 57 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 412 | 65 | |
[edit] Honours
- Cardiff City
- FA Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] Playing style
Parry's main position is as a winger on either the left or right side. However he can also play as a striker, which he has done on several occasions for Cardiff. He is a very pacy player who often takes defenders on and has a good ability to cut inside and shoot at goal.
[edit] Trivia
Paul Parry is rather amusingly called "Porn Darry" in Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 due to the game having to use made up names for the Welsh National team.
[edit] References
- ^ "Parry vows to conquer flying fear" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
- ^ Parry sights on move to big time Hereford Times, 14 December 1999. Retrieved on 17 May 2008.
- ^ Parry leaves big-timers quivering The Guardian, 13 December 1999. Retrieved on 17 May 2008.
- ^ "Parry completes Cardiff move" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
- ^ Hereford 1-0 Stevenage BBC Sport, 3 January 2004. Retrieved on 17 May 2008.
- ^ "Hammam offers apology to Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieve don 7 November 2007
- ^ "Winger Parry linked with Yeovil" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
- ^ "Bulls play down Parry rumours" BBC Sport Retrieved on 15 October 2008
- ^ "Parry vows to stay at City and carry on good work" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 15 January 2008
- ^ "Revitalised Parry out to make cup final mark" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 18 May 2008
- ^ "Paul Parry up front with his desire to lead attack" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 1 March, 2009
- ^ "Bournemouth 1-2 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 March, 2009
- ^ "Blackpool 1-1 Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 March, 2009
- ^ "Parry caps amazing rise" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
- ^ "Parry: Divorce stress cost me Welsh place" Western Mail Retrieved on 5 October 2008
- ^ "Parry's Wales pull-out criticised" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
- ^ "Parry outlines Wales desire" Southwalesargus.co.uk Retrieved on 15 January 2008
- ^ "Parry in shock Wales retirement" BBC Sport Retrieved on 8 September 2008
- ^ "Parry:"I felt like a spare part in Wales camp" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 15 October 2008
- ^ "Parry 'just made up the numbers'" BBC Sport Retrieved on 1 March, 2009
- ^ "Wales lose semi-pro crown" BBC Sport Retrieved on 7 November 2007
[edit] External links
- Paul Parry player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
- Paul Parry career stats at Soccerbase
- Paul Parry Official Website at Icons.com
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