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Nikita Josephine Parris (born 10 March 1994) is an English professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club
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and the
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. She previously played for
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,
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, Everton,
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and
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. From 2018 to 2020, Parris held the record as all-time leading scorer in the Women's Super League. With Olympique Lyonnais, Parris has won the 2019–20 Champions League, the 2020
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(Women's French Cup), the 2019
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, and the
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. With Manchester City, she won the 2016 league title, the
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and 2018–19 League Cup as well as the 2016–17 and
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. Parris represented England from under-17 to under-23 youth levels, becoming a 2013 U-19 Championship runner-up with the under-19 team. She made her senior international debut in Euro 2017 qualifying, helping the national team reach the semi-finals of the Euro 2017, as well as a fourth-place finish at the 2019 World Cup. Her six goals during World Cup qualification ranked first within UEFA nations and secured England's place at the top tournament. She helped England win its first-ever
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in
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and
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in
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, as well as win the Euro 2022. Parris was named the
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in 2019. She was included in ''The Guardian'' list of ''
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'' in 2018 and 2019.


Early life and education

Born in
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, an
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area of
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, Parris was raised with her twin sister and two brothers by her mother, Jo, who worked three jobs to support the family. Parris attended St. Patrick's Primary School in Liverpool where she trained with the athletic team and dreamed of playing like
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international player
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. At age six, she began playing football with boys on a grass border near her home and continued playing with boys until she was sixteen. Every time her mother looked out, she would see Parris slide tackling the boys or them slide tackling her. As a youth, Parris started her own football team: "I started a football team myself at the age of eleven because I wanted to have a women’s team in the local community. So, I gathered all my friends and family and everyone I knew... and we were successful. We won the league." Parris' sister and two cousins also played in the team, which was called Kingsley United. As part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, a plaque honouring Parris was installed at the club in 2022. Parris was a girlhood
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supporter. Her mother often bought her the latest kit, and she would emulate her favourite players
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,
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. At age ten, Parris was recruited by
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, head coach of Everton. At the time, Parris did not want to leave, but later joined Everton's Centre of Excellence at age 14. Parris attended
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, but in September 2010 switched to Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School for her
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education, because it was a specialist sports college. She earned a degree in sports development from
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.


Club career


Everton

Parris made her senior-team debut for Everton in May 2010 at the age of 16 in an away game against Arsenal, coming on as a second-half substitute. In August 2010, she played her second match during the qualifying tournament for the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League. During a match against Borec on 7 August 2010 she scored a brace, helping Everton to a 10–0 win. Parris played in five matches for Everton during the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League. The following year, she was named to Everton's squad for the inaugural season of the
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(FA WSL). She made three appearances during the
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season. During the
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season, Parris played in 10 matches, starting five. The 2013 season marked the start of Parris' goalscoring prowess for Everton. She scored six goals in 11 games. She scored the game-winning goal in a 1–0 win over
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on 15 September. Her two goals against Liverpool on 12 September were Everton's only goals in the 4–2 loss. Everton finished in third place during the regular season with a record. Parris scored 11 goals in 19 games during the 2014 season, but Everton went winless in the league and were relegated to FA WSL 2. Following her 2014 performance, she was placed on the shortlist for the 2015
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, was selected for the WSL Team of the Year, and was named Everton's Player of the Year.


Manchester City (loan)

Parris joined
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on a season-long loan in January 2015, reuniting with former teammates
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and Jill Scott, who had left Everton two seasons prior, as she thought she needed to play in WSL 1 to contend for a place on the senior
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. Parris scored four goals in 13 matches. She scored her first goal — a game-winner — during a match against
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when she headed in from a corner kick in the 17th minute. During a match against Liverpool, she scored an equaliser in the 54th minute, another header, this time off of
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's free-kick. Manchester City finished in second place during the regular season with a record.


Manchester City

Parris signed with Manchester City on a two-year contract in January 2016. During the
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season, she scored one goal in 16 games. On 29 April, her game-winning goal in the 40th minute cemented the team's 2–0 win against Sunderland. City finished in first place during the regular season with a record. She played in all three games of the final stages of the League Cup helping Manchester City clinch the 2016 title. Parris made her
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debut for Manchester City on 6 October 2016 during the team's 2–0 win over
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in the Round of 32 of the 2016–17 tournament. She competed in seven matches, helping Manchester City advance to the semi-finals where they were eliminated by
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. During the
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in early 2017, she scored three goals in the six games that she played. Manchester City finished in fifth place with a record. She helped the club clinch the 2016–17 FA Women's Cup the same year. During the
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season, she was a starting forward in 17 of the 18 games she played and scored 11 goals, ranking second in the league behind Ellen White of
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. During the team's 3–0 win against Sunderland on 28 January 2018, she scored twice in the first half securing Manchester City's win and top position in the league. She scored her second brace of the season against Liverpool on 11 February to lift Manchester City back into first place. In May, she scored a
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against
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. Manchester City finished in second place during the regular season with a record and secured a berth to the
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(their third consecutive qualification). Parris competed with Manchester City in eight matches of the
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. She scored four goals throughout the tournament, including two game-winners against
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, and
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. Parris helped Manchester City reach the semi-finals where they were narrowly defeated 0–1 (aggregate) by eventual champions, Olympique Lyonnais. In November 2017, Parris signed a new contract with Manchester City through the end of the
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season. During the 2018–19 season, Parris scored 19 goals in 19 games. She was the second-highest scorer in the league for the season, the highest all-time WSL goalscorer, and second in the all-time assists. Parris began her season goal scoring with a brace in Manchester City's 4–0 win against Everton on 20 September. She scored another brace during the team's 7–1 win against
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. At age 24, she became the Women's Super League's all-time top goalscorer on 4 November 2018 after scoring a brace in the team's 3–0 win against Liverpool. Her 37 goals inched ahead of former Chelsea striker
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. Of the notable record Parris said, "it's an amazing feeling. For me to be so young and be top goalscorer with plenty of years left in me – it bodes well for the future and hopefully it will continue." She scored her fourth brace of the season during a 3–0 win against
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on 27 January 2019, including a penalty kick in the third minute of the match. Parris notched a hat-trick in the first half of the team's 4–3 win against
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. Manchester City finished in second place behind Arsenal with a record. Parris' brace against Chelsea in the semi-final earned City a berth to the
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Final where they defeated Arsenal in
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after a 0–0 draw and
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. The same year, she helped Manchester City win the 2018–19 FA Women's Cup in front of 43,264 fans at
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. Parris competed with Manchester City in the team's two
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Round of 32 matches where they were defeated 1–3 (aggregate) by
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. On 11 May 2019, Parris announced she would leave City at the end of the 2018–19 season. During her time at Manchester City, Parris made 127 appearances for the club, and scored 62 goals. Her 25 assists ranked second all-time in the league after
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with 35. In 2019, Parris was voted the Football Writers’ Association Women's Player of the Year. The striker helped Manchester City win two FA Cups in 2017 and 2019, two Continental Cups, a league title and two Champions League semi-finals.


Olympique Lyonnais

On 19 June 2019,
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side
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confirmed they had signed Parris on a three-year contract. Parris scored her first league goal for the club, on her debut, in a 6–0 win against
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on 24 August. Parris' two goals in a 5–0 home win over
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on 23 February were her last of the season as the
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season was curtailed by the
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. In 15 league appearances and 10 starts, Parris scored eight goals. Olympique Lyonnais finished first in the league and secured a berth to the
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. Parris added four goals in six
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appearances, but missed the
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through suspension after she was sent off in a fractious semi-final win over rivals
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. Olympique Lyonnais won the Champions League title for the fifth consecutive time after defeating
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3–1 in the 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. This marked Olympique Lyonnais' seventh Champions League title. Parris scored her first goal of the
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season in a 3–0 win against
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on 11 September 2020. During a match against
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on 13 November, she scored a double to lift Olympique Lyonnais to a 5–1 win. She scored 4 goals in 26 minutes against
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lifting Olympique Lyonnais to a 9–0 win in December. Parris scored a double against
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on 22 January 2021 increasing her goal tally of the season to eleven.


Arsenal

Following two seasons with Olympique Lyonnais, Parris returned to the Super League, signing with
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for a club-record fee on 2 July 2021. She scored her first goal for the club on her 18 August debut versus Okzhetpes in the Champions League. She scored her 50th goal in the WSL in the match against
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on 1 May 2022.


Manchester United

On 6 August 2022, Parris was confirmed to have signed for WSL club
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. In November 2023, after scoring 6 goals across 6 games, including a hat trick against Everton in the 2023–24 League Cup, Parris was voted Manchester United's Player of the Month with 64% of the fan vote. On 28 January 2024, Parris scored both goals in the 2–1 win against Aston Villa in the WSL, as United's top scorer for the season with 13 goals in 16 games, including 6 WSL goals and 5 League Cup goals. In May 2024, Parris was a part of the Man United squad that beat Tottenham 4–0 in the 2024 Women's FA Cup final.


Brighton & Hove Albion

On 13 September 2024, Parris joined fellow WSL side
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. On 5 October, she scored her first goal for Brighton against Aston Villa in a 4–2 league win.


International career


England


Youth

Parris represented England from under-17 to under-23 age groups, scoring over 20 goals at youth level. In 2012 U-19 Championship qualification, Parris scored the winning goal against
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and a hat trick against Wales, helping England under-19s qualify for the
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. In April 2013, for 2013 U-19 Championship qualification, she scored against Hungary and
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, followed by goals against Wales and Denmark in the
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in August 2013, with the under-19s becoming runners-up in the competition, as well as qualifying for the 2014 U-20 World Cup. Parris then represented the England under-20s at the U-20 World Cup, scoring the opening goal against
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in a 2–1 defeat, as well as represented England U23 against Sweden and Norway in preparation in June 2014. In 2015, she was described as an integral part of
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's under-23 squad, with the U23 manager confident she would reach the senior team, describing her as "a really, really good talented player", and that "hopefully a senior England squad call-up beckons for her".


Senior

On 4 June 2016, Parris made her senior international debut for
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as a substitute in England's Euro 2017 qualifying victory over
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. She registered one assist as England won 7–0. Three days later, Parris once again came off the bench in the reverse fixture, this time scoring twice as England repeated the 7–0 scoreline. On 27 July 2017, Parris scored her first goal in a major tournament, netting the winner in England's 2–1 final group stage win against
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at Euro 2017. Parris and her England teammates pointedly ran to celebrate with coach
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after her goal in their next match against
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. At the time Sampson was facing various allegations of unfair treatment and discrimination towards teammate Eniola Aluko. Aluko stated, "For the most together team in the world tonight's "message" only shows a level of disrespect that represents division and selfish action" and later spotlighted the lack of diversity in English women's football. Sampson was fired the day after the Russia game but later won a "significant" settlement when he brought an
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case against The FA. In June 2020, against the backdrop of the
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, Parris changed her mind about the situation and apologised to Aluko in an
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. She called the celebration with coach Sampson a "thoughtless action" that showed ignorance as well as a lack of empathy and understanding. England finished at the top of
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after being undefeated in all three matches. After England defeated
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1–0 in the quarter-final, the team was defeated 3–0 in the semi-final by eventual champion
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. On 2 March 2019, Parris scored against the
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in a 2–2 draw at the
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, a tournament England won for the first time. Her six goals ranked first in
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and helped secure a spot at the tournament later that year. In 2019, Parris' spot on the England roster at the
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was announced by
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. Parris scored her first
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goal and England's first in the 2019 World Cup during their opening group game, a
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in a 2–1 win over
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. She was named FIFA's Player of the Match. Parris also took a penalty in England's next game, the fourth consecutive World Cup match England had won a penalty in, but had it saved by
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goalkeeper
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. England won 1–0. After Parris missed her second penalty in a 3–0 win over
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in the quarter-final, England manager
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added: "She's missed two penalties and they have both been really good saves. She'll take the next one. She is our best penalty taker." However, when England were awarded yet another penalty in their 2–1 semi-final defeat by the United States, Neville demoted Parris from penalty-taking duties in favour of the
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. Houghton's poorly-struck penalty was saved and England went on to finish the tournament in fourth place. On 28 August, Parris revived her penalty form by rescuing a 3–3 draw against
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in an international friendly. This was followed, five days later, by an assist for
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's opener in a 2–1 defeat to Norway. In June 2022 Parris was included in the England squad which won the
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. Parris was allotted 196 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England's inaugural international. After a strong start to the season for
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, Parris was called up for the upcoming Nations League matches, making a return to the squad following a two year absence. On 26 February 2025, Parris came on as a substitute in their Nations League match against
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. This marked her first match for England since 15 November 2022.


Great Britain

On 27 May 2021, Parris was called up for her first Olympic Games, being selected for the
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team for the
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. Parris scored in a pre-tournament friendly against
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, with the match ending 3–0. She appeared in all four of Great Britain's tournament games.


Career statistics


Club


International

International goals :''Scores and results list England's goal tally first.''


Honours

Manchester City *
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: 2016–17, 2018–19 *
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:
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, 2018–19 Olympique Lyonnais *
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: 2019–20 *
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: 2019–20 *
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: 2019 *
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: 2019–20 Manchester United *
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: 2023–24; runner-up:
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England u19 *
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runner-up:
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England *
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:
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Individual *Everton Player of the Year: 2014 *
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: 2019 *
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: all-time leading scorer from 2018 to 2020


Style of play

As a youth, Parris looked up to Arsenal and Scotland international,
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, who was known for scoring goals. Described by teammates as "down to earth" with "exceptional gifts framed by a fierce determination and a maturity", Parris is known for her wit, ability to learn quickly, and fast-moving feet. Former England manager
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noted in 2019 that Parris is "world class". ''
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'' described her as "an exhilarating footballer, a pain to face on the pitch" and her style of play as "fast and clinical". ''Gaffer'' described her greatest attribute as foresight and credited her for her "grounded, thoughtful and hungry" leadership qualities. Her sister, boxer
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, noted, "She will always try her best and give 100 percent. She will always come off that pitch with nothing left to give, so whatever happens you've just got to be proud of that."


Personal life

Parris is a younger sister of boxer
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. Her first name is sometimes shortened to "Keets". She is a practising
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and a former altar girl. In 2020, Parris founded the NP17 Football Academy, which offers sports qualifications to students in Liverpool. She noted, "That community gave me life and gave me an opportunity – that's what I want to do for these girls. I want to give them an opportunity to be successful in whatever they choose. Within inner city areas, there's always good and bad. You've got to be in and around the right people." The academy, based at The City of Liverpool College, is supported by international sportswear company Puma, which donates sports equipment. Other partners include the
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and the City of Liverpool College. The same year, Parris worked with England's
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(FA) and seven fellow high-profile footballers, including
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and
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, to form a panel focused on increasing the number of black, Asian and other minority ethnic people at senior levels within football. The expert panel "will be consulted over the development of the FA’s Leadership Diversity Code". Parris is sponsored by multi-national finance company
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and Puma. In June 2019, she was featured in a promotional video for Visa and the 2019 World Cup. Parris has been featured along with her national teammates in the
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'', a year after women players were included in the game for the first time. In June 2019, a large mural of Parris was unveiled on Liverpool's London Road. The same year, a Parris mural by Honduran artist Javier Espinal and local youth was unveiled at the Metropolitan Methodist Centre in Toxteth.


See also

* List of UEFA Women's Championship goalscorers *
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Notes


References


Further reading

* Aluko, Eniola (2019), ''They Don't Teach This'', Random House, * Caudwell, Jayne (2013), ''Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses'', Taylor & Francis, * Clarke, Gemma (2019), ''Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game'', * Dunn, Carrie (2019), ''Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England'', Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, * Dunn, Carrie (2016), ''The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England'', Pitch Publishing Limited, * Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Stay, Shane (2019), ''The Women's World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Soccer World Cup'', Books on Demand, * Theivam, Keiran and Jeff Kassouf (2019), ''The Making of the Women's World Cup: Defining stories from a sport’s coming of age'', Little,


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