Kevin James Parker (born 10 September 1979) is an English former professional

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who played as a left winger.

Biography

Born in

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

, Parker began his career as a trainee with Norwich City, but was kept out of the game for 18 months due to suffering from ME. He turned professional in June 1999 and played 20 times for the reserves the following season, but was released by Norwich on 26 April 2000 without appearing in the first-team. He joined Torquay United on trial and earned himself a one-year contract in July 2000. He made his league debut on 12 August 2000 against league newcomers

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. After a few promising games at the start of the season, he joined the ever-growing list of long-term injured players and was out for the most of the remainder of season. He did score an injury-time winner at

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against local rivals Exeter City in January 2001, but soon afterwards injured himself in training. In May 2001, Parker was given a three-month contract extension to prove his fitness and then prove his ability to the new manager Roy McFarland. He made only two further appearances for the Gulls (both times as a substitute in the games away to Kidderminster Harriers and

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) before joining

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on a two-week trial on 17 September 2001. On 28 September 2001, Parker's contract with Torquay was cancelled by mutual consent. The following day he signed for Weymouth on non-contract terms, playing on a match-to-match basis until early November when he signed a contract until the end of the season. In May 2002, with Weymouth in financial trouble, Parker, along with Weymouth teammate

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, joined Weston-super-Mare. In October 2003, Parker was playing for Bodmin Town and was the subject of a transfer request from Porthleven. In April 2004, he was playing for Saltash United. In the 2005–06 season, he scored three times for Plymouth Parkway, but was playing for Tavistock the following season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Kevin Living people People with chronic fatigue syndrome 1979 births Footballers from Plymouth, Devon English men's footballers Norwich City F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Bodmin Town F.C. players Tavistock A.F.C. players Saltash United F.C. players Plymouth Parkway F.C. players Men's association football midfielders