Connor Parsons

Connor Riece George Parsons (born 27 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Waterford.[2][3]

Connor Parsons
Personal information
Full name Connor Riece George Parsons[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Waterford
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2019 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Norwich United 11 (4)
2020–2021 Lowestoft Town 5 (0)
2021 Tindastóll 0 (0)
2021 Dalvík/Reynir 6 (3)
2021–2023 Wycombe Wanderers 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Notts County (loan) 3 (0)
2022 → Bromley (loan) 11 (1)
2022 → Solihull Moors (loan) 10 (0)
2023– Waterford 24 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:33, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Parsons played as a youth with Norwich City, leaving the club in December 2019 by mutual consent.[4] He then played for Norwich United, scoring 5 goals in 12 games in all competitions,[5] before signing for Lowestoft Town in October 2020.[6] After scoring 1 goal in 7 games in all competitions,[7] he left the club in March 2021 to sign for Icelandic club Tindastóll.[8] He moved to Dalvík/Reynir in April 2021,[9] for whom he made seven appearances.[1]

Wycombe Wanderers

He returned to the UK to sign a one-year contract with Wycombe Wanderers in August 2021.[10] On 31 August 2021, Parsons scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 English Football League Trophy loss to Aston Villa U21s.[11] On 26 November 2021, Parsons joined National League side Notts County on loan until 29 January 2022.[12][13][14] On 4 February 2022 Parsons signed for National League side Bromley on an initial one-month loan.[15] On 2 March 2022, the loan deal was extended until the end of the season.[16] On 10 May 2022, Parsons was recalled by his parent club after 11 appearances.[17] His Wycombe contract was renewed for the 2022–23 season.[18]

In August 2022 he moved on loan to Solihull Moors.[19]

In December 2022 it was announced that he would sign for Irish club Waterford in January 2023.[20][21]

Personal life

After his release from Norwich City, Parsons "built a social media audience" and had 40,000 subscribers on YouTube as of October 2020,[22] In June 2022 he featured in a YouTube video, where people had to guess the professional footballer.[23]

References
  1. "Leikmaður - Connor Riece George Parsons". www.ksi.is.
  2. Connor Parsons English stats at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. Connor Parsons Irish stats at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. "Connor Parsons contract cancelled by mutual consent". www.canaries.co.uk.
  5. "Connor Parsons - Norwich United First Team". www.pitchero.com.
  6. "1ST TEAM PARSONS & OPPONG JOIN TRAWLERBOYS". www.lowestofttownfc.co.uk.
  7. "Connor Parsons Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk.
  8. Steve Whitney (15 March 2021). "Parsons Leaves Lowestoft for Iceland". Southern Football League.
  9. "Dalvík/Reynir sem við breskan leikmann". 29 April 2021.
  10. "Connor makes Chairboys move". www.wycombewanderers.co.uk.
  11. "gallery-wycombe-1-3-aston-villa-u21s". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  12. "Young stars make loan moves". Wycombe Wanderers FC. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  13. James, Emma (26 November 2021). "Notts County sign winger Parsons on loan from Wycombe". NottinghamshireLive.
  14. Curtis, Leigh (1 February 2022). "Double Notts exit confirmed as Burchnall sends 'perspective' message". NottinghamshireLive.
  15. "Bromley sign Connor Parsons on loan from Wycombe Wanderers". 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  16. "Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Connor Parsons extends Bromley loan". 3 March 2022.
  17. "Wycombe Wanderers recall forward from Non League club". Bucks Free Press.
  18. "Eight Wycombe Wanderers players are offered new contracts for the up-and-coming 2022/23 season". Bucks Free Press.
  19. "'I can't wait to get going' - Wycombe midfielder leaves Adams Park to join Non league club on loan". Bucks Free Press.
  20. "Waterford FC Sign Connor Parsons". Waterford FC. 23 December 2022.
  21. Penrose, Gareth. "Parsons joins Waterford from Wycombe Wanderers". extratime.com.
  22. Bailey, Michael. "'What I've realised now is I'm going to have to do it the hard way'". The Athletic.
  23. "'He's a baller!' - Wycombe Wanderers' Connor Parsons stars in popular YouTuber's video". Bucks Free Press.
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