Troy Daniel Parrott (born 4 February 2002) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Preston North End, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He also represents the Republic of Ireland national team at senior level.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Troy Daniel Parrott[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Preston North End (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||
Number | 15 | ||
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– | → Preston North End (loan) | 13 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
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 | 17 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:41, 13 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:44, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
From Dublin, Parrott started his youth career with Belvedere. In July 2017, Parrott joined Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee.[4] On 4 February 2019, on his 17th birthday, Parrott signed his first professional contract with Tottenham.[5] He made his first-team debut for Tottenham in the 3–2 International Champions Cup friendly win over Juventus on 21 July 2019.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] On 8 February 2020, Parrott signed a new three-and-a-half year contract with Spurs until the summer of 2023.[9]
On 1 August 2020, Parrott joined Championship side Millwall on a season-long loan.[10] 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.[11] Parrott made 14 appearances in all competitions for Millwall[12] before being recalled from his loan in January.[13]
On 1 February 2021, Parrott joined League One club Ipswich Town for the remainder of the season.[14] making his debut five days later in a 2–0 victory over Blackpool.[15] He scored his first senior goal in a 1–0 home win over Plymouth Argyle at Portman Road on 13 March 2021.[16] Parrott made 18 appearances during his loan spell with Ipswich, scoring twice.[12]
On 29 July 2021, Parrott joined EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the 2021–22 season.[17] He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in a 3–3 draw away to Bolton Wanderers.[18] He scored his first goal the following week at home against Sunderland though MK Dons lost 2–1.[19] On 8 March 2022, Parrott scored twice in a 3–1 home win over Cheltenham Town.[20] He went on to make 47 appearances for MK Dons, scoring 10 goals and providing 7 assists as the club secured a third-placed play-off finish.[21]
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.[22] His first league goal for Preston North End was the winning goal in a 3–2 win over Norwich City at Carrow Road on 9 October 2002.[23]
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 the 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]
Parrott was born in Dublin, Ireland. From 2013 to 2017, he attended O'Connell School in Dublin.[32]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur U21 | 2018–19[33] | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2019–20[34] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2020–21[12] | 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[12] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Ipswich Town (loan) | 2020–21[12] | League One | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2021–22[21] | League One | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 47 | 10 | |
Preston North End (loan) | 2022–23[35] | Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
Career total | 85 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 14 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Republic of Ireland | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 8 | 2 | |
2022 | 7 | 2 | |
Total | 17 | 4 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 3 June 2021 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ![]() | 1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
2 | 2–1 | |||||
3 | 29 March 2022 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
4 | 11 June 2022 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B |
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