Nikita Parris

Nikita Josephine Parris (born 10 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Olympique Lyonnais and the England national team.

Nikita Parris
Parris with Manchester City in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nikita Josephine Parris[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Place of birth Toxteth, England[2]
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Lyonnais
Number 17
Youth career
2008–2010 Everton Ladies COE
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Everton 37 (12)
2015 → Manchester City (loan) 13 (4)
2016–2019 Manchester City 59 (33)
2019– Olympique Lyonnais 22 (16)
National team‡
2009–2010 England U17 8 (2)
2010–2013 England U19 26 (18)
2014 England U20 3 (1)
2014–2016 England U23 12 (6)
2016– England 50 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:55, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

She is the sister of English professional boxer Natasha Jonas. She has also played for English youth national teams, representing her country at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

Club career

Everton

Parris, born in Toxteth, an area of Liverpool,[3] joined Everton's Centre of Excellence at age 14. She has a degree in Sports Development from Liverpool John Moores University.[4] She made her senior team debut for Everton in August 2010 at the qualifying tournament for the 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League.[5]

Parris was named to Everton's squad for the inaugural Women's Super League season in 2011. During the 2014 season, she scored 11 goals in 19 games, but Everton went winless in the league and were relegated to FA WSL 2.[6] Her 2014 performance placed her on the shortlist for the 2015 PFA Women's Young Player of the Year[7] and WSL Team of the Year.[8]

Manchester City

Parris joined Manchester City on a season-long loan in January 2015, reuniting with former teammates Toni Duggan 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 England national team.[6] During her time at Manchester City, Parris made 127 appearances for the club, and scored 62 goals. The striker helped Manchester City to win two FA Cups in 2017 and 2019, two Continental Cups, a league title and two Champions League semi-finals.[9] In 2019, Parris was also voted the Football Writers’ Association Women’s Player of the Year.[9]

Olympique Lyonnais

On 11 May 2019, Parris announced she would leave City at the end of the season.[10] On 19 June 2019, her move to Division 1 Féminine side Olympique Lyonnais was officially confirmed by the club.[11] Parris scored her first league goal for the club, on her debut, in a 6–0 win against Olympique Marseille on 24 August.[12]

International career

On 4 June 2016, Parris made her senior international debut for England, coming on a substitute in England's Euro 2017 qualifying victory over Serbia, registering one assist as England won 7–0.[13] 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.[14]

On 27 June 2017, Parris scored her first goal in a major tournament, netting the winner in England's 2–1 group stage win against Portugal at Euro 2017.[15]

Parris (right) play for England in October 2018

On 2 March 2019, Parris scored against America in a 2–2 draw at the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, a tournament England won.[16]

Nikita Parris (left) playing for England in 2019.

After finishing as England's top scorer in qualifying with six goals, Parris scored her first World Cup goal and England's first in the 2019 World Cup during their opening group game, a penalty in a 2–1 win over Scotland.[17] She also took a penalty in England's next game, the fourth consecutive World Cup finals match England had won a penalty in, but had it saved by Argentina goalkeeper Vanina Correa. England won 1–0.[18] Parris missed her second penalty in a 3–0 win over Norway in the knockout stages of the tournament. England manager Phil Neville 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."[19] England went on to finish the tournament in fourth place.[20]

On 29 August, Parris revived her penalty form by rescuing a 3–3 draw against Belgium in an international friendly.[21] This was followed, five days later, by an assist for Georgia Stanway's opener in a 2–1 defeat to Norway.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 October 2019[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton 2009–10[24] WPL National 10000010
2011 WSL 30005[lower-alpha 1]282
2012 10030—130
2013 11632—148
2014 WSL 1 13631—167
Total 381293525217
Manchester City (loan) 2015 WSL 1 13454—188
Manchester City 2016 WSL 1 161437[lower-alpha 1]0274
2017 6200—62
2017–18 1811638[lower-alpha 1]43218
2018–19 Super League 1919432[lower-alpha 1]02522
Total 59331491749046
Olympique Lyonnais 2019–20[25] Division 1 51002[lower-alpha 1]273
Career totals 11550281624816774
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League

International goals
Scores and results list England's goal tally first.[23]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 June 2016Sports Center of FA of Serbia, Stara Pazova, Serbia Serbia6–07–0Euro 2017 qualifying
27–0
320 September 2016Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Belgium1–02–0
427 July 2017Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg, Netherlands Portugal2–12–1Euro 2017
519 September 2017Prenton Park, Birkenhead, England Russia1–06–02019 World Cup qualifying
624 November 2017Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England Bosnia and Herzegovina2–04–0
728 November 2017Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester, England Kazakhstan3–05–0
84–0
98 June 2018Sapsan Arena, Moscow, Russia Russia1–03–1
1031 August 2018Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales Wales3–03–0
112 March 2019Nissan Stadium, Nashville, United States United States2–12–22019 SheBelieves Cup
1225 May 2019Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England Denmark1–02–0Friendly
139 June 2019Allianz Riviera, Nice, France Scotland1–02–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup
1429 August 2019Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium Belgium3–33–3Friendly

Honours

Manchester City[23]

Olympique Lyonnais

England

Personal life

Parris is a younger sister of boxer Natasha Jonas.[3]

References
  1. "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 4 August 2014. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. Snowdon, Paul (12 October 2010). "Toxteth teenager Nikita Parris hopes to help Everton Ladies' European Champions League cause". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. Creighton, Jessica (6 August 2013). "Natasha Jonas: From dinner scraps to Olympic boxing battles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "LJMU student Nikita Parris played vital role for England at Euro 2017". www.ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. "Nikita Parris". Everton FC. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. Beesley, Chris (14 January 2015). "Nikita Parris is latest player to follow exodus of talent from Everton Ladies". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. "Women's PFA Young Player of the Year: Nominees". Professional Footballers Association. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. "Six Chelsea players in PFA team". Professional Footballers Association. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. "News | Nikita Parris joins Lyon". MCFC. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  10. "Nikita Parris: England and Manchester City forward to leave club". BBC. 11 May 2019.
  11. "OL FÉMININ UNVEIL FOUR NEW SIGNINGS". Olympique Lyonnais. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  12. "French Championship of D1 2019-2020 - 1st day - Lyon-Marseille 6–0". Footofeminin.fr (in French). 24 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. Richards, Josh (4 June 2016). "England beat Serbia 7-0 in their European Championship qualifier". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  14. Lavery, Glenn (7 June 2016). "Serbia 0-7 England: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 match report". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  15. "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 – History – Portugal-England". Uefa.com.
  16. "Steph Houghton & Nikita Parris React to England's 2–2 SheBelieves Cup Draw With USA". 90min.com. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Matches - England - Scotland - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  18. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Matches - England - Argentina - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  19. Whyatt, Katie (28 June 2019). "Nikita Parris vows to continue taking England penalties despite World Cup misses". The Telegraph.
  20. Murray, Scott (2 July 2019). "England 1–2 USA: Women's World Cup 2019 semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian.
  21. "Live Commentary - Belgium Women vs England". SkySports. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  22. Wrack, Suzanne (3 September 2019). "Phil Neville denies arrogance claims after England lose to Norway". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  23. "N. Parris". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  24. "Everton – Player Season Totals 2009–10". TheFA.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  25. "Nikita Parris – 2019–20". StatsFootoFeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  26. "Trophée des Championnes - L'OL étoffe son palmarès d'un nouveau titre" (in French). 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  27. "England record statement win over Japan to clinch prestigious SheBelieves Cup". The FA. 5 March 2019.
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