 Phil Parkinson with the League Two play-off trophy in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip John Parkinson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1967[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Chorley, Lancashire, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wrexham (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southampton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1992 | Bury | 145 | (5) |
| 1992–2003 | Reading | 361 | (20) |
| Total | 506 | (25) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Colchester United | ||
| 2006 | Hull City | ||
| 2008–2011 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2011–2016 | Bradford City | ||
| 2016–2019 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sunderland | ||
| 2021– | Wrexham | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Philip John Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of EFL League One side Wrexham.
Parkinson acquired a Social Science degree early into his career as a manager[3] and is the only manager to take an English fourth-tier league club to the final of a major cup competition at Wembley Stadium, leading Bradford City of League Two to the 2013 League Cup final. During his career, he has achieved promotion five times: with Colchester to the Championship in 2006, with Bradford to League One in 2013, with Bolton Wanderers to the Championship in 2017, and with Wrexham to League Two in 2023 and League One in 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Phil Parkinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ "Bradford manager Phil Parkinson: 'I represent all the people who lost loved ones'". The Daily Telegraph. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2024.