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Hugh Parker (born 18 April 2006) is an Irish professional
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who plays as a striker for club
Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...
.


Early life

Parker is from
Greystones Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 22,009, according to the 2022 census. The town is border ...
,
County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...
. He attended Temple Carrig School.


Career

Parker joined Greystones United at the age of four, eventually leaving six years later for
Cabinteely Cabinteely () is a suburb of Dublin's southside. It is in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Cabinteely was 15,864 as of the 2022 census. Geography Cabinteely lies around t ...
. In 2019, he signed for
Bray Wanderers Bray Wanderers Football Club are an Irish association football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club in its present form was founded in 1942 in Bray, and was known until 2010 as ''Bray Wanderers A.F.C.'' It was elect ...
, initially joining their U13s team. After a few years of strong development, he made the move to UCD in 2022. Parker made his senior debut on 8 March 2024, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss to
Wexford Wexford ( ; archaic Yola dialect, Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the ...
. A month later, he scored his first senior goal in a 2–0 away win over
Treaty United Treaty United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Limerick. The club was founded in 2020 following the demise of Limerick F.C. and began playing in the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division in 2020 followed by th ...
on 26 April 2024. On 4 February 2025,
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club
Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...
signed Parker on a two-and-a-half year deal with the option of an additional year. Arriving for an undisclosed fee, he joined the Tigers only a few days after his UCD teammate Cathal McCarthy made the same switch. Although McCarthy would immediately return to UCD on a short-term loan, Parker moved straight into Hull's U21s team. On 7 February 2025, in a
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fixture against
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, the Irishman scored his first goal for his new club, as they recorded a 5–0 home win.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Hugh 2006 births Living people People from Greystones Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players 21st-century Irish sportsmen Bray Wanderers F.C. players Cabinteely F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players University College Dublin A.F.C. players