When Bernard Parker was a young child, he showed interest in sports.
He played a variety of games.
Unlike many people, he discovered his talent at a young age and pursued it in his adulthood.
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Today, he is one of South Africa’s best football players.
He also has international fans.
Bernard Parker is one of South Africa’s best professional football strikers and midfielders.
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Thefootball star was bornin Boksburg, Gauteng on the 16th of March 1986.
He was raised in Reiger Park, which is a township that is located close to Boksburg.
His nationality, therefore, is South African.
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His Zodiac sign is Pisces.
Presently, Bernard Parker age is 33 years.
Background
Bernard was a young boy who was gifted in many sports.
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He excelled both in long and short distance running.
He was also an outstanding swimmer.
It is thus not surprising that he is now a professsional football player.
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Football is one of the games he enjoyed playing as a child.
The football star weighs approximately 69 kilogrammes (152 lbs).
Career
Parker started his career at Hellenic FC in Cape Town.
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Hellenic FC was later renamed to Benoni Premier United.
Instead, he joined Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.
and was in this club until early 2009.
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In early 2009, he joined Red Star, the European Cup Winners in Serbia.
He was in the club until financial problems rocked it.
There were reports that the players' salaries were not paid for a while.
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Parker, therefore, moved to FC Twente in mid-2009.
He was a member of the team that won the 200910 Eredivisie.
While he was at FC Twente, Steve Mclaren, the manager moved to the German Bundesliga.
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He, therefore, spent the opening half of the 2010/2011 Dutch season on the bench.
At the time, was aiming at making a complete exit from FC Twente.
On the 11th of January 2011, Parker joined Panserraikos F.C.
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He then returned to FC Twente after the 2010/2011 Greek season.
Soon, Helsingborgs IF and Malmo FF, both Swedish teams, showed interest in Parker.
Kaizer Chiefs from South Africa also showed interest in him.
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After a period of thinking, Parker joined Kaizer Chiefs.
He has been playing for Kaizer Chiefs since then to date.
Bernard Parker stats
Throughout his career, Parker has proved himself on the field.
He has participated in made competitive and friendly matches in his career with different clubs.
Currently, the 33-year-old football star is the midfielder at Kaizer Chiefs.
He has played in thelast eight seasonswith the team.
He has played at least 149 matches, and his goals add up to 39 so far.
However, the midfielder reportedly made asum of R300,000 monthlyat Kaizer Chiefs as of 2018.
In 2015, the star had entered into a three-yearR10.8 million contactwith the same club.
This amount was exclusive of other bonuses.
He joined Kaizer Chiefs in July 2011.
Today, he is one of the longest-serving team members.
His one-year extension in the team undoubtedly came with an impressive amount of money.His estimated net worthis R20 million.
The football star is not one to brag or show off his assets.
However, it is no secret that he and his family resides in a lavish house.
Some of the vehicles in his fleet include a Range Rover Evoque and BMW 538i GT.
The BMW has an estimated worth of R500,000.
He also owns a Jeep With BMW Mags and custom-designed BMW 3 Series.
In 2017, he also bought aMercedes-Benz AMG C43which estimated worth is R 858,400.
Marriage and family
On the 16th of June 2012, Bernard married Wendy Cherry.
Their wedding ceremony took place in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal.
The event had 170 guests.
Bernard Parker wife, Wendy, together with her beau, are the proud parents of two lovely boys.
The couple’s first son, Skye, is now a teenager.
Their second son, Storm, is eight years old.
His wife, Wendy, on the other hand, has a private Instagram page.
The football star has aFacebook pagewith at least 398k followers and a Twitter account with about 399.9k followers.
Bernard Parker is a South African midfielder who plays for Kaizer Chiefs.
The football star showed interest and ability in sports at a young age.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
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