Scott parker is a well-known British-born soccer player, famous for his skill as a midfielder in both the West Ham United as in the National team.
Scott Matthew Parker was born on October 13, 1980 in the London region of Lambeth, better known as Waterloo, England.
As a child he attended the Haberdasher’s Aske’s College In the town of New Cross Gate. At the age of 13 he appeared in a well-known commercial for McDonald’s for the campaign of the FIFA Wolrd Cup USA 1994.
He graduated with honors from the School of Excellence of Lilleshall, dependent on the Football Association.
Shortly after, he signed his first professional contract with him. Charlton athletic. He made his debut in the first division of English football on August 23, 1997.
Despite this being the date of its appearance, the contract was not signed until a few months later, when the institution fully assured that the deal they made would be viable.
In October 2000 the Charlton amounted to Premier League of England and despite this he decided to give Parker to the team of Norwich city for two months to gain some experience.
As soon as he had returned from his passage through the Norwich, supplanted the past captain of the Charlton taking over his position permanently.
His ability to tackle and carry the ball from the defense line or midfield to the attack zone earned him many victories in the field. UEFA champions league.
For all the brilliance he was showing in local football he was called up to play for the England national team on November 16, 2003 against Denmark.
The January 30, 2004, after Parker’s alleged wishes to leave the Charlton, was sold by £ 10 million to the Chelsea.
At first he was supposed to be a kind of understudy for both Frank Lampard and Claude Makélélé, but ended up playing alongside them in midfield.
During the season 2003-04, after a new appearance with England, was chosen as the Best PFA Youth Player of that year.
At the beginning of the season 2004-05 broke a metatarsal bone in a match against his former team Norwich city having to leave the party and also its ownership.
In June 2005 was sold for a total of £ 6.5 million to the Newcastle united, with which he finished 7th in the classification of the Premier League.
During March 2006 He was diagnosed with glandular fever, making his season almost non-existent. As a result, it could not be included in the selection of England who marched to the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006.
Once recovered, he began to play again for him Newcastle the July 14, 2006, being named captain by the coach Glenn roeder.
A short time later, despite the fact that the Newcastle He was not on his best streak, he was called up to the national team after 2 years of absences.
After winning one UEFA Intertoto Cup and one Carling cup, in June 2007 the West Ham United announced the purchase of the midfielder.
He recently participated in the national team that disputes the qualifying rounds for the Euro 2008 along with Paul Robinson, Phillip Neville, John Terry, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Wes Brown, Ledley King and Wayne Bridge among others.
Titles Obtained:
Football League 1999 (Charlton Athletic)
2004 Premier League (Chelsea FC)
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 (Newcsatle)