Devante Parker

Devante Parker
Personal information
Full name Devante James Parker[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Wiesbaden, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
FC Bierstadt
0000–2006 FV Biebrich 02
2006–2014 Mainz 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Mainz 05 II 96 (14)
2014–2020 Mainz 05 2 (0)
2017–2018St. Pölten (loan) 7 (0)
Total 105 (14)
International career
2011 Germany U15 2 (0)
2011–2012 Germany U16 4 (1)
2012–2013 Germany U17[3] 11 (2)
2014–2015 Germany U19[4] 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Devante Parker (born 16 March 1996) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger.[5] He represented Germany internationally at various youth levels up to U19.

Club career

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Parker began his career in the academy of Mainz 05. He made his Bundesliga debut on 31 August 2014 against Hannover 96 replacing Koo Ja-cheol after 82 minutes in a 0–0 draw.[6] He spent the 2016–17 season playing for the club's reserves scoring 1 goal in 20 appearances.[7]

In July 2017, Parker joined Austrian Bundesliga side SKN St. Pölten on loan for the 2017–18 season.[7] His loan was cut short by a cruciate ligament tear.[8]

In July 2020 Parker announced his retirement from playing. He was unable to regain professional fitness after a second cruciate ligament tear.[9][10]

Personal life

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He is the younger brother of Shawn Parker, who also is a professional footballer.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mainz 05 II 2013–14 Regionalliga Südwest 2 1 1[a] 1 3 2
2014–15 3. Liga 29 2 29 2
2015–16 3. Liga 35 6 35 6
2014–15 3. Liga 20 1 20 1
2018–19 Regionalliga Südwest 8 3 8 3
Total 94 13 1 1 95 14
Mainz 05 2014–15 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 2 0
2015–16 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 2 0 0 0 2 0
SKN St. Pölten (loan) 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 7 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 103 13 0 0 1 1 104 14
  1. ^ Appearance in the Regionalliga Promotion Playoff.

References

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  1. ^ "U19 verliert 0:2 beim FSV Mainz 05" [U19 loses 0–2 at FSV Mainz 05] (in German). SC Freiburg. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Profile Devante Parker" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "U 17-Junioren: Devante Parker" [Under-17 juniors: Devante Parker] (in German). DFB. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ "U 19-Junioren: Devante Parker" [Under-19 juniors: Devante Parker] (in German). DFB. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Germany – D. Parker – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Mainz 05 vs. Hannover 96 – 31 August 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Ziel Österreich: Mainz parkt Parker". kicker Online (in German). 14 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. ^ Schröder, Torben (5 October 2018). "Devante Parker kämpft sich bei Mainz 05 wieder heran". Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. ^ "PARKER: "...Weil das Gefühl einzigartig war"". 1. FSV Mainz 05 (in German). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ^ Ebert, Michael (29 July 2020). "Devante Parker: Frühes Karriereende eines Mainzer Eigengewächses". kicker (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Devante Parker » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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