Facundo Parra
Personal information
Full name Facundo Manuel Carlos Parra
Date of birth (1985-06-15) June 15, 1985
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Chacarita Juniors
Youth career
Chacarita Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2012 Chacarita Juniors 128 (37)
2007–2009 → AEL (loan) 58 (11)
2010–2012 → Independiente (loan) 64 (16)
2012–2013 Atalanta 14 (0)
2013–2014 Independiente 29 (9)
2014–2015 Asteras Tripolis 25 (5)
2015–2016 Atlético de Rafaela 17 (2)
2016–2017 Santa Cruz 2 (0)
2017–2018 Agropecuario 19 (2)
2018 3 de Febrero 21 (7)
2019 Nacional Asunción 14 (3)
2019–2020 All Boys 19 (6)
2020 Carlos Stein 19 (4)
2021 Guaireña 24 (3)
2022– Chacarita Juniors 11 (2)
International career
2005 Argentina U20 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Facundo Manuel Carlos Parra (born 15 June 1985) is an Argentine football striker who plays for Chacarita Juniors in the Argentinian Primera B Nacional.[1]

Club career

Parra started his career in Chacarita Juniors where he played for four years. But he started to become known by playing to Independiente. For the 2010–11 season, Parra joined Independiente on loan.[2] He scored his first goal with the club in a 1–3 defeat to All Boys for the 11th fixture of the Apertura.[3] He scored his second goal for the team in the Copa Sudamericana semifinals victory over LDU Quito, and dedicated it to his dog Max.[4] He then scored two more goals in the competition's final return leg against Goiás (3–1), leading his team to the penalty shootout in which they defeated their rival to win the trophy.[5] During 2010-2012 he played 81 games with Independiente scoring 19 goals and giving 8 assists.

In summer 2014, searching team after a modest season in the ranks of the Independiente (29 games played, 9 goals) Argentine forward Facundo Parra is packing direction to Greek Super League to defend the colors of Asteras Tripolis,[6] making the third step in Europe after playing between 2007 and 2009 for AEL (64 games played, 13 goals) on a loan from Chacarita Juniors and Atalanta in 2012-2013 (16 games played, 2 goals), playing along Maximiliano Moralez, Germán Denis, Ezequiel Schelotto and Carlos Matheu.[7] However, his arrival at the Greek club left a trail of controversy, as a few hours ago everything was ready to sign with Club Atlético Belgrano, a club where Parra negotiating for days. But this never happened, as the player did not respond during the last hours to either call from the president of the Argentine club or his agent Daniel dos Reis, who was conducting the negotiations and showed his discomfort by the way the player and his environment acted in this deal.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Parra Cremoso" - Diario Ole
  2. ↑ "Parra ya se entrena en Independiente". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  4. ↑ María Laura Balonga (2010-11-26). "Siempre te da Max". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  5. ↑ María Laura Balonga (2010-12-11). "Va a ser difícil que en mi carrera iguale esto". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  6. ↑ "Facundo Parra seguirá su carrera en el Asteras Tripoli" (in Spanish). losandes.com.ar. 5 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Confirmado: Facundo Parra seguirá su carrera en Atalanta" (in Spanish). infobae.com. 2012-07-18.
  8. ↑ "Info Fichajes.com: Facundo Parra desembarca en Grecia, envuelto en polémica" (in Spanish). fichajes.com. 2014-08-03.
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