Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 April 2006 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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]
Parker is from Greystones, County Wicklow. [2] He attended Temple Carrig School. [4]
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]