Parker’s managerial profession so far has seen three promotions adopted by a lot leaner occasions within the Premier League.
His first style of senior administration was at Fulham, who he instantly guided again to the Premier League with a play-off remaining win over Brentford in 2020.
Parker couldn’t hold them up once more the next season and left by mutual consent in June 2021. He then turned supervisor of Bournemouth and led them to promotion as runners-up, sarcastically behind Fulham.
A couple of weeks into the brand new Premier League season, the Cherries misplaced 9-0 at Liverpool and Parker departed three days later.
He briefly managed Belgian facet Membership Brugge within the 2022-23 season earlier than changing the Bayern Munich-bound Vincent Kompany as Burnley boss in 2024.
Parker guided the Clarets to the Premier League on the first try, with among the finest defensive data in English soccer historical past and a 31-match unbeaten streak.
Nonetheless, he couldn’t hold the workforce up final season and he departed Turf Moor after their relegation was confirmed.
Parker is very regarded at West Ham from his 4 years as a participant on the membership.
Having emerged at Charlton Athletic, and endured an unsuccessful transfer to Chelsea in 2004, he joined the Hammers from Newcastle United in June 2007, for a payment of £7m.
Parker went on to make 129 appearances in claret and blue, scoring 12 targets. He additionally gained the membership’s participant of the 12 months award three seasons in a row.
In 2010-11, regardless of the Hammers’ relegation from the Premier League, Parker additionally gained the Soccer Writers’ Affiliation footballer of the 12 months award and was nominated for the Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation participant of the 12 months.
He began the primary 4 Championship matches of West Ham’s 2011–12 marketing campaign, however handed in a switch request after a bid got here in from Tottenham Hotspur.
Parker accomplished a transfer to Spurs in an effort to additional his England profession, and he went on to be a part of Roy Hodgson’s Euro 2012 squad.
He later performed for Fulham, earlier than retiring in June 2017.
