 Parker with FC Twente in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Melvin Parker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Boksburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Transnet School of Excellence[3] | |||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Thanda Royal Zulu | 116 | (29) |
| 2009 | → Red Star Belgrade | 16 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | FC Twente | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Panserraikos (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2011–2022 | Kaizer Chiefs | 283 | (49) |
| 2022–2024 | TS Galaxy | 34 | (3) |
| Total | 478 | (88) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2008 | South Africa U23 | 22 | (12) |
| 2007–2015 | South Africa | 73 | (23) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bernard Parker (born 16 March 1986) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder or forward. Between 2007 and 2015 he made 73 appearances for the South Africa national team scoring 23 goals.
Parker started his professional football career playing for Thanda Royal Zulu in the Premier Soccer League, where he made 70 appearances before a one-year loan to Serbian side Red Star Belgrade. He joined Eredivisie side FC Twente in 2009, where he spent a season and a half before being loaned out to Panserraikos in the Greek Super League. During his time in the Eredivisie, Parker won the 2009-10 Eredivisie and the 2010 Johan Cruyff Shield.
He moved to Kaizer Chiefs in 2011. He was awarded the 2013–14 Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot and won two league titles, the Nedbank Cup and the MTN 8 with the South African club. Parker was released by Kaizer Chiefs in June 2022 after spending over a decade at the club, making over 350 appearances and scoring over 60 goals.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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