Phil Parkinson

Phil Parkinson
Phil Parkinson with the League Two play-off trophy in 2013
Personal information
Full name Philip John Parkinson
Date of birth (1967-12-01) 1 December 1967
Place of birth Chorley, Lancashire, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wrexham (manager)
Youth career
Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Southampton 0 (0)
1988–1992 Bury 145 (5)
1992–2003 Reading 361 (20)
Total 506 (25)
Managerial career
2003–2006 Colchester United
2006 Hull City
2008–2011 Charlton Athletic
2011–2016 Bradford City
2016–2019 Bolton Wanderers
2019–2020 Sunderland
2021– Wrexham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip John Parkinson (born 1 December 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of EFL Championship club Wrexham.

Parkinson acquired a Social Science degree early into his career as a manager and is the only manager to take an English fourth-tier league club to the final of a major cup competition at Wembley Stadium, leading Bradford City of League Two to the 2013 League Cup final. During his career, he has achieved promotion six times: with Colchester to the Championship in 2006, with Bradford to League One in 2013, with Bolton Wanderers to the Championship in 2017, and with Wrexham to League Two in 2023, League One in 2024 and the Championship in 2025.