Hugh Parker

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Hugh Parker
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-04-18) 18 April 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Greystones, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Hull City
Youth career
2010–2016 Greystones United
2016–2019 Cabinteely
2019–2022 Bray Wanderers
2022–2025 UCD
2025– Hull City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 UCD 28 (2)
2025– Hull City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:53, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Hugh Parker (born 18 April 2006) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Hull City. [2] [3]

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Early life

Parker is from Greystones, County Wicklow. [2] He attended Temple Carrig School. [4]

Career

Parker joined Greystones United at the age of four, eventually leaving six years later for Cabinteely. [1] [2] In 2019, he signed for Bray Wanderers, initially joining their U13s team. [1] After a few years of strong development, he made the move to UCD in 2022. [5] Parker made his senior debut on 8 March 2024, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss to Wexford. [1] [6] A month later, he scored his first senior goal in a 2–0 away win over Treaty United on 26 April 2024. [1] [7]

On 4 February 2025, EFL Championship club Hull City signed Parker on a two-and-a-half year deal with the option of an additional year. [3] Arriving for an undisclosed fee, [3] he joined the Tigers only a few days after his UCD teammate Cathal McCarthy made the same switch. [5] [8] Although McCarthy would immediately return to UCD on a short-term loan, [8] Parker moved straight into Hull's U21s team. [3] On 7 February 2025, in a Professional Development League fixture against Birmingham City, the Irishman scored his first goal for his new club, as they recorded a 5–0 home win. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hugh Parker - Kicking Goals and Crunching Numbers". FutureofIrishFootball. 3 November 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hugh Parker". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Parker joins Hull City Academy". Hull City A.F.C. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  4. "Temple Carrig's Hugh Parker plays key role for Ireland Under-18s". Irish Independent. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Irish striker's first-team ambition as Hull City raid UCD for a second time". Irish Mirror. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  6. "UCD 1 - 2 Wexford". extratime.com. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  7. "League Report: Treaty United 0 - 2 UCD". extratime.com. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 "McCarthy signs for Hull City Academy". Hull City A.F.C. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  9. "Hull City U21s 5-0 Birmingham City U21s". Hull City A.F.C. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.