Jonathan Parr
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Jonathan Parr is a left back currently playing for Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

 in the English
England
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 Championship.

Early career

Jonathan Parr is originally from Holmlia
Holmlia
Holmlia is a part of Oslo, Norway located in the southeastern borough of Søndre Nordstrand.It is served by Holmlia station.Holmlia is a highly ethnically diverse part of the city of Oslo, where ethnic minorities outnumber ethnic Norwegians....

 and played for Holmlia SK, but he also played for KFUM Oslo and Hauger
Hauger FK
Hauger Fotballklubb is an association football club from Bærum, Norway.It was founded on 14 October 1969, and plays at Rudbanen, which got astroturf in 2004. Hauger currently plays in the Norwegian Fourth Division, but resided in the Third Division in the seasons 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010....

 before he got enrolled in the NTG/Lyn-program. Through the program he received his Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 debut for Lyn on 30 April 2006, in a 1–4 loss against Stabæk.

Aalesund

In March 2007 he signed a 3-year contract for Aalesund. He was in the starting line-up five times, and came off the bench 14 times during his first year in Aalesund. His first league goal came in the 4–1 victory against Sandefjord
Sandefjord Fotball
Sandefjord Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club, founded on September 10, 1998. The club plays in the Adeccoligaen. Their home ground is the Komplett.no Arena, located in Sandefjord, Vestfold....

 on 29 July 2007. He won the Norwegian Football Cup
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

 with Aalesund in 2009. In February 2010, he extended his contract an extra year, expiring at the end of 2011.

Crystal Palace

On 16th July 2011 Aalesund agreed a fee for Parr to transfer to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 based Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

 side Crystal Palace, subject to a medical. On 19 July 2011, Crystal Palace confirmed that Parr signed a 3 year deal for an undisclosed fee.

International career

He has played on national youth teams for Norway up to U-18, and was a regular at the Norway national under-21 football team
Norway national under-21 football team
The Norwegian national under-21 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, is the national football team of Norway for players of 21 years of age or under at the start of a UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign...

 with 13 matches since 2008. On 11 May 2010, he got selected for the senior national team
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

 for the first time, as they would face Montenegro
Montenegro national football team
The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro...

 and Ukraine
Ukraine national football team
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...

.

Parr debuted on the Norwegian national team on 29 May 2010, in the friendly match
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...

 against Montenegro, and he became Aalesund's first player to have started a Norwegian national game. As of November 2011, Parr has been capped six times.

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2006
2006 in Norwegian football
The 2006 season is the 101. season of competitive football in Norway.*Tippeligaen 2006 *Adeccoligaen 2006 *Norwegian Football Cup 2006*Toppserien 2006 -Men's national team:...

Lyn Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

11 0 0 0 11 0
Total 11000110
2007
2007 in Norwegian football
The 2007 season is the 102. season of competitive football in Norway.* Tippeligaen 2007 * Adeccoligaen 2007 * Norwegian Football Cup 2007* Toppserien 2007 -Men's national team:...

Aalesund 19 1 4 1 23 2
2008
2008 in Norwegian football
The 2008-season is the 103. season of competitive football in Norway.*Tippeligaen 2008 *Adeccoligaen 2008 *Norwegian Football Cup 2008*Toppserien 2008 -Men's national team:...

24 4 3 1 27 5
2009
2009 in Norwegian football
The 2009-season is the 104. season of competitive football in Norway.*2009 Tippeligaen *2009 Adeccoligaen *2009 Norwegian Football Cup*2009 Toppserien -Men's national team:...

27 2 5 1 32 3
2010
2010 in Norwegian football
The 2010-season is the 105. season of competitive football in Norway.*2010 Tippeligaen *2010 Adeccoligaen *2010 Norwegian Football Cup*2010 Toppserien -Men's national team:...

25 0 1 0 26 0
2011
2011 in Norwegian football
The 2011-season is the 106. season of competitive football in Norway.The season began on 18 March 2011 for Tippeligaen, 03 April 2011 for Adeccoligaen, with Fair Play ligaen and 3. Divisjon both starting six days later on 09 April 2011. 2. Divisjon, and 3...

15 1 3 0 18 1
Total 109816312611
2011-12 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

15 1 4 0 19 1
Total 15140191
Career Total 135920315612

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