Stuart Parnaby
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 Playing for Birmingham City in 2009 |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stuart Parnaby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Durham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | Middlesbrough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2007 | Middlesbrough | 91 | (2) |
| 2000 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Birmingham City | 47 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stuart Parnaby (born 19 July 1982) is an English footballer who plays as a right back.
Parnaby graduated from Middlesbrough F.C.'s Academy, which was run by his father, Dave. He went on to make more than 100 appearances for Middlesbrough's first team before joining Birmingham City in 2007. After four years with the club, a time disrupted by injury, he was released at the end of the 2010–11 season.
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[edit] Middlesbrough
Parnaby, a native of Durham, began his senior career for Middlesbrough in September 2000 in a League Cup match against Macclesfield Town. The next month, he was loaned to Halifax Town, during which time he played six games and won Division Three's Player of the Month award.
Parnaby did not feature in the 2001–02 season, due to long-lasting injuries. Again, during the 2003–04 season, he found himself struggling to feature in the team after a four-month layoff for a knee injury. The following year, he played in over half Middlesbrough's Premier League matches, and in the 2005–06 season, he played a full part in their progress to the semi-final of the FA Cup and the final of the UEFA Cup, in which he started. He was first choice right-back at the start of the 2006–07 season, but the form and performances of fellow defenders Andrew Davies and Abel Xavier made him lose his place in the starting line-up.
[edit] Birmingham City
Parnaby signed a three-year contract with Birmingham City on a free transfer on 1 June 2007.[3]
In the 2007–08 Premier League season, Parnaby struggled with injuries and loss of form, so was unable to dislodge former Tottenham Hotspur player Stephen Kelly from the right-back spot. Kelly retained the jersey for the whole campaign, becoming the only player to play every Premiership game. However in pre-season in preparation for the 2008–09 season Kelly picked up a groin strain, so manager Alex McLeish picked Parnaby for the first game of the season against Sheffield United in the Championship.
Parnaby was a substitute in Birmingham's first match after their return to the Premier League, against Portsmouth, replacing Grégory Vignal in a 1–0 victory in August 2009.
Parnaby scored his first goal for Birmingham against Coventry City in the FA Cup on 29 January 2011.
He was an unused substitute as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1.[4] Following the club's relegation at the end of the 2010–11 season, Parnaby left the club when his contract expired.[5]
After training with clubs including Coventry City and Leeds United, Parnaby was reported in late September to have agreed a contract and passed a medical with former club Birmingham City, but the club made a decision not to proceed.[6][7] He later had trials with Millwall and Charlton Athletic.[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ Hugman, Barry, ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006. Queen Anne Press. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-1.
- ^ "Player Profiles: Stuart Parnaby". Birmingham City F.C. http://www.bcfc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10412~7158,00.html. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Parnaby makes Birmingham switch". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/6711829.stm. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
- ^ McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/9405702.stm. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ "Carr Gears Up". Birmingham City F.C. 27 May 2011. http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10412~2367559,00.html. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ "Parnaby set to rejoin Birmingham after Hughton talks him round". Mail Online. 19 September 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2039359/Stuart-Parnaby-set-sign-Birmingham.html. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Tattum, Colin (28 September 2011). "Chris Hughton on the decision not to re-sign Stuart Parnaby". Birmingham Mail. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2011/09/28/birmingham-city-chris-hughton-on-the-decision-not-to-re-sign-stuart-parnaby-97319-29499221/. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Agyemang back with Hoops". Sky Sports. 10 November 2011. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11735/7302494/Agyemang-back-with-Hoops. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Haines, Gary (22 November 2011). "Benson strike is little consolation". Charlton Athletic F.C. http://www.cafc.co.uk/page/reservesdetail/0,,10267~2524583,00.html. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Stuart Parnaby career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at bcfc.com
