Tom Parrinello

Tommaso Salvatore "Tom" Parrinello (born 11 November 1989) is an English former football defender of Italian descent who is currently Lead Professional Development Phase Coach at Bristol Rovers.

Tom Parrinello
Personal information
Full name Tommaso Salvatore Parrinello[1]
Date of birth (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989[1]
Place of birth Stoke Gifford, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Bristol Rovers 77 (1)
2008–2009 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2010 Weston-super-Mare 2 (0)
2010–2011 Gloucester City 35 (0)
Mangotsfield Utd
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2011

Career

Parrinello made his debut for the Bristol Rovers first team on 1 December 2007, when he appeared in an FA Cup second round match against Rushden & Diamonds, coming on as a substitute for Craig Disley.[2]

He was the youngest of the five scholars to be offered a professional contract in the summer of 2006. As a sixteen-year-old, he made a number of reserve team appearances in 2005/06 and was a regular in the reserve side in 2006/07 and 2007/08.

Parrinello joined Weston-super-Mare on loan in December 2008 in order to gain some first team experience,[3] but the move became permanent two months later.

He joined Gloucester City in the summer of 2010 and was as an almost ever-present for the 2010/11 season.

In 2011/12 season he joined Mangotsfield Utd.

He is currently the Lead Professional Development Phase Coach at Bristol Rovers having previously held other coaching roles within the Academy.

References
  1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. "Bristol Rovers 5-1 Rusden & D". BBC Sport. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
  3. "Gurney to strengthen Seagulls squad". The Weston Mercury. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.


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