--- title: "Troy Parrott – Profile" canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/troy-parrott-profile/" type: "post" language: "en-GB" author: "Domagoj kostanjsak" section: "Tottenham Hotspur Transfer Rumours" published: "2020-06-04T12:00:55Z" modified: "2020-06-05T14:37:01Z" --- # Troy Parrott – Profile **Player Name: Troy Parrott** **Club: Tottenham Hotspur** **Date of Birth: 4 February 2002** **Position: Centre-forward (main), second-striker (secondary)** ## **Troy Parrott – his career so far** At 18 years of age and flirting with promotion to the senior squad of **Tottenham Hotspur** for quite some time now, **Troy Parrott** is one of the most exciting prospects the London outfit have in their academy. The Dublin-born and raised Ireland international centre-forward made his senior debuts for Club and country aged only 17 back in 2019. The first time we saw him with **Spurs’** first team was actually during their Asia tour last year, having already trained with the squad throughout the 2018/19 campaign. But **Parrott’s** official competitive first-team debut arrived from the first whistle in a *Carabao Cup* third-round tie at **Colchester United** in September, 2019 and his *Premier League* call-up came when he was named on the bench in a 1-1 draw at **Everton** later that same year, in November. His debut, however, arrived when he came off the bench in December when **Spurs** beat **Burnley** 5-0. Despite his success at lower levels for **Spurs**, he can only boast with a handful of appearances with the first team overall, only tallying four under his name and all four coming in 2019/20 – two in the *Premier League*, one in the *FA Cup* and one in the *EFL Cup*. His record for **Spurs’** younger squads, however, is very impressive. **Parrott** has advanced through the ranks, plying his trade both for the U18 and U23 teams, bagging [17 goals and three assists in just 14 games](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/troy-parrott/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/552655/verein/55834) for the former and five goals and one assist for the latter. But some of his best work came for **Spurs’** UEFA U19 squad as he netted nine goals and two assists in nine games in total and was even named top-scorer in the 2019/20 *UEFA Youth Leagu*e with six strikes to his name. Recently, he was also named in the top 50 list published as part of [Goal’s 2020 NxGn award](https://www.goal.com/en-ie/lists/nxgn-2020-the-50-best-wonderkids-in-football/1csxnxdsuupje1kjm3bu4gce8m#13v54squzn22w1dercw1jtivs3), ranking as 40th wonderkid in world football. ## **Transfer latest** In some positive [**Tottenham** news](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/), as of right now, there are not many transfer rumours on the lad as it seems that **Parrott** has his eyes set on **Spurs** and **Spurs** only. Just a couple of months back, in February, there was some big Spurs news from the camp as the 18-year-old centre-forward signed a new deal, tying him down until 2023, which would indicate both **Daniel Levy** and **Jose Mourinho** see a future for him in London. With that being said, however, **Parrott** is also no stranger to interest from other clubs and there were plenty of transfer news surrounding him in the past. **Vincent Butler**, the director of football affairs at Belvedere in Dublin where **Parrott** played his youth football, who has known the striker for 10 years, told *BBC* there was a whole queue of top *Premier League* clubs in line for his signature not that long ago. He said that every main club in Britain, including but not limited to **Manchester City**, **Manchester United**, **Chelsea** and **Everton**, were heavily interested. But with him penning a brand new [contract](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51720135) just recently, it’s pretty safe to presume he’s in London for the long run. Apart from Premier League clubs, there were also transfer rumours from the likes of Bayern Munich, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund prior to him signing the new [contract](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7973327/Tottenham-striker-Troy-Parrott-pens-new-three-half-year-deal-amid-Juventus-Bayern-interest.html). Given his quality, however, it doesn’t surprise that there were plenty of Manchester United news and the like connecting him with a potential move. ## **Player profile** Being a centre-forward, **Parrott’s** main attributes are an eye for a goal and his lethality in the box. As we’ve seen with his statistics in the previous section, the 18-year-old has been able to consistently perform at **Spurs’** younger levels, providing the team with both goals and assists. But apart from the proficiency in the opposition’s box, the young forward is also quite a good dribbler and shooter of the ball. According to *Wyscout*, **Parrott** averaged 3.63 shots in 2019/20 with 48.6% of those being on target. He likes to spend his time either inside the box or just on the edge of it, often occupying the zone 14 and linking up with his teammates. We can see that when we take a glance at his heatmap of the current season as well as with 4.87 touches in the box on average. When it comes to dribbling, he averages an impressive 4.87 dribbles per game with a 59.6% success rate and this emphasises his creative nature which is a crucial aspect of a modern striker. To further solidify that point, we have to mention his 1.24 shot assists per 90 minutes which are a clear indication of his ability as the creator for the team. It seems there’s much more to this youngster than it meets the eye. All stats were taken from Wyscout.