Troy Parrott
Personal information
Full name Troy Daniel Parrott[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Excelsior
(on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2017 Belvedere
2017–2019 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Tottenham Hotspur 2 (0)
2020–2021 → Millwall (loan) 11 (0)
2021 → Ipswich Town (loan) 18 (2)
2021–2022 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 41 (8)
2022–2023 → Preston North End (loan) 32 (3)
2023– → Excelsior (loan) 17 (7)
International career‡
2017–2018 Republic of Ireland U17 11 (4)
2018–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 3 (4)
2019– Republic of Ireland U21 5 (4)
2019– Republic of Ireland 21 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:43, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:44, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Troy Daniel Parrott (born 4 February 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Excelsior, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Club career

Tottenham Hotspur

From Dublin, Parrott started his youth career with Belvedere. In July 2017, Parrott joined Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee.[3] On 4 February 2019, on his 17th birthday, Parrott signed his first professional contract with Tottenham.[4] He made his first-team debut for Tottenham in the 3–2 International Champions Cup friendly win over Juventus on 21 July 2019.[5] On 24 September 2019, aged 17 years, seven months and 20 days old, Parrott made his professional debut for Tottenham in their third round loss in the EFL Cup against Colchester United.[6] On 7 December 2019, aged 17 years, 10 months and three days old, Parrott made his Premier League debut under manager José Mourinho, in a 5–0 win against Burnley.[7] On 8 February 2020, Parrott signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with Spurs until the summer of 2023.[8]

Loan spells

On 1 August 2020, Parrott joined Championship side Millwall on a season-long loan.[9] After missing the start of the season due to suffering a quad injury during pre-season, he made his debut for Millwall in a 0–2 EFL Cup defeat to Burnley on 23 September, a match in which he also suffered an ankle injury which ruled him out of action for over 8 weeks. He made his first appearance following his return from injury in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City on 21 November.[10] Parrott made 14 appearances in all competitions for Millwall[11] before being recalled from his loan in January.[12]

On 1 February 2021, Parrott joined League One club Ipswich Town for the remainder of the season.[13] making his debut five days later in a 2–0 victory over Blackpool.[14] He scored his first senior goal in a 1–0 home win over Plymouth Argyle at Portman Road on 13 March 2021.[15] Parrott made 18 appearances during his loan spell with Ipswich, scoring twice.[11]

On 29 July 2021, Parrott joined EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the 2021–22 season.[16] He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in a 3–3 draw away to Bolton Wanderers.[17] He scored his first goal the following week at home against Sunderland though MK Dons lost 2–1.[18] On 8 March 2022, Parrott scored twice in a 3–1 home win over Cheltenham Town.[19] He went on to make 47 appearances for MK Dons, scoring 10 goals and providing seven assists as the club secured a third-placed play-off finish.[20]

On 25 July 2022, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Parrott had signed a new contract at the club until 2025 and was subsequently loaned out to Championship side Preston North End for the 2022–23 season. He scored his first goal for Preston in an EFL Cup win over Huddersfield Town on 9 August 2022.[21] His first league goal for Preston North End was the winning goal in a 3–2 win over Norwich City at Carrow Road on 8 October 2022.[22]

On 24 August 2023, Parrott was loaned out to Dutch club Excelsior Rotterdam on a season long loan deal.[23]

International career

Parrott has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels. On 6 September 2019, Parrott scored on his under-21 debut in an Under-21 European 2021 qualifier against Armenia.[24] He followed that by getting a brace of goals in the next fixture against Sweden.[25] His third under 21 appearance was a 0–0 draw with Italy in which he was sent off after being shown a second yellow card following an altercation with Italy's Moise Kean, who received a straight red card for pushing Parrott in the face.[26]

Parrott made his senior Republic of Ireland debut on 14 November 2019, starting in a 3–1 friendly win against New Zealand and providing an assist for Ireland's second goal of the game which was Sean Maguire's first international goal.[27] On 24 August 2020, he was named in the squad to face Finland and Bulgaria in the Nations League games in 2020.[28] He made his first competitive appearance for Ireland as a substitute in a 0–0 draw with Bulgaria on 18 November 2020.[29] Parrott scored his first senior international goals on 3 June 2021 when he scored two goals in a 4–1 win over Andorra in a friendly at the Estadi Nacional.[30]

On 29 March 2022, he scored a 97th-minute winning goal in a 1–0 win over Lithuania in a friendly at the Aviva Stadium.[31]

Personal life

Parrott was born in Dublin, Ireland. From 2013 to 2017, he attended O'Connell School in Dublin.[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 3 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur U21 2018–19[33] — 2[c] 0 2 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2019–20[34] Premier League 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
2020–21[11] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
Millwall (loan) 2020–21[11] Championship 11 0 2 0 1 0 — — 14 0
Ipswich Town (loan) 2020–21[11] League One 18 2 — — — — 18 2
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2021–22[20] League One 41 8 2 0 0 0 — 4[d] 2 47 10
Preston North End (loan) 2022–23[35] Championship 32 3 0 0 2 1 — — 34 4
Excelsior (loan) 2023–24[36] Eredivisie 17 7 1 0 — — — 18 7
Career total 116 20 6 0 4 1 0 0 6 2 130 23
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup & KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Two appearances and one goal in EFL Trophy, two appearances and one goal in League One play-offs

International

As of match played 18 November 2023[36]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 2019 1 0
2020 1 0
2021 8 2
2022 7 2
2023 4 0
Total 21 4
Scores and results list the Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Parrott goal.[36]
List of international goals scored by Troy Parrott
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2021 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 1–1 4–1 Friendly
2 2–1
3 29 March 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Lithuania 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 11 June 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Scotland 2–0 3–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Individual

References

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  5. ^ "Juventus 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur". Irish Times. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ Gold, Alasdair (24 September 2019). "Spurs team confirmed vs Colchester: Parrott, Skipp and Tanganga start". football.london. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Son Heung-min's wonder-goal steals show in Spurs' 5–0 thrashing of Burnley". The Guardian. 7 December 2019.
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  9. ^ Clarke, Harry (1 August 2020). "Confirmed: Troy Parrott completes loan move to Millwall". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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  13. ^ "Parrot joins Ipswich on loan". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Ipswich Town 2–0 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Ipswich Town 1–0 Plymouth Argyle". BBC Sport. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Troy Parrott Joins On Loan". Milton Keynes Dons. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Milton Keynes Dons". BBC Sport. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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  21. ^ "Huddersfield 1-4 Preston". BBC Sport. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Norwich City 2-3 Preston North End: Emil Riis' double helps Preston to shock win over Canaries". BBC Sport. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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  29. ^ "Republic of Ireland 0 - 0 Bulgaria - Match summary". 18 November 2020. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  30. ^ "Parrott saves Irish blushes in Andorra as Kenny finally records a win as Ireland manager". RTE Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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  35. ^ "Games played by Troy Parrott in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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  40. ^ https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/32nd-fai-international-award-winners-announced

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