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A closer in-depth look at the new Head Coach’s managerial background

2024-07-06T11:00:00.000Z

SCOTT PARKER'S MANAGERIAL CAREER

A closer in-depth look at the new Head Coach’s managerial background

2024-07-06T11:00:00.000Z

A closer in-depth look at the new Head Coach’s managerial background

A serial winner, hard-working midfielder and leading by example were traits shown throughout Parker’s illustrious playing career in the Premier League & at international level and the former England, West Ham and Spurs midfielder carried them with him into coaching.

Two Championship promotions from two Championship seasons, 67 wins as a manager and a wealth of experience, Parker is no stranger to this position.

After retiring from his playing career in the summer of 2017, Parker returned to one of his former teams in Tottenham Hotspur as a coach for the U18s side, in which was his first coaching role.

Among that youth team that Parker coached was the likes of current Spurs first team midfielder Oliver Skipp, who has gone on to play over 100 times for the Lilywhites.

Following a year in his first coaching role, the former England international left Spurs to join another one of his former sides in Fulham, as a first-team coach as part of Slavisa Jokanovic’s staff.

Parker remained in his coaching role at Craven Cottage when Claudio Ranieri took charge in November 2018, but with the former Leicester boss dismissed in February of the new year, Parker was appointed caretaker manager of the club.

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As the Cottagers prepared for the 2019/20 Championship campaign, Parker was named Fulham boss in the summer, and he took his first season as manager by storm after guiding the London side to promotion to the Premier League.

After missing out on automatic promotion by just two points, Fulham beat Cardiff City over two legs in the play-off semi-finals, before defeating London rivals Brentford at Wembley in the final to return to the top-flight at the first time of asking.

Despite Parker’s side being relegated from the Premier League in the 2020/21 Covid season, they picked up impressive results across the campaign which saw a win at Anfield against Liverpool and draws away from home against Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle.

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Following two seasons at Craven Cottage as manager, Parker departed Fulham in the summer of 2021 and became AFC Bournemouth boss.

With the Cherries looking to return to the Premier League after suffering relegation the year before and with a 15-match unbeaten run from the first game of the season stretching until November, the South Coast side looked on track to achieve just that.

Parker was named Manager of the Month in September, after taking 13 points from a possible 15 in that month and then won the award once again a month later, after winning all five league fixtures in October, conceding just once in the process.

Losing just eight games all season saw the Cherries with the lowest defeats across the whole league and a 2nd place finish, just two points off 1st, saw Bournemouth seal their place back in the top-flight in Parker’s first year at the Vitality Stadium.

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Although Bournemouth got off to a winning start on the opening day of the 2022/23 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa, the Cherries went on to lose the next three games to Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal before Parker parted ways with the club.

With three months away from working, the former Spurs man was appointed manager of Belgian side Club Brugge in December 2022, who were currently sitting 4th in the Belgian Pro League table.

After tasting defeat in his first game as boss, Parker made Brugge a difficult side to beat and break down, after an eight-match league unbeaten run with six draws and two wins came to an end in March against KV Oostende.

Following just over two months in charge and losing just three games, with two of those being both legs of a UEFA Champions League last 16 tie with Benfica, Parker left the Club in March 2023.

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