Facundo Manuel Carlos Parra (born 15 June 1985) is an

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striker who plays for

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in the Argentinian

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Club career

Parra started his career in

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. He scored his first goal with the club in a 1–3 defeat to

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for the 11th fixture of the ''Apertura''. He scored his second goal for the team in the

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semifinals victory over

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, and dedicated it to his dog Max. He then scored two more goals in the competition's final return leg against

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(3–1), leading his team to the

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in which they defeated their rival to win the trophy. 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

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to defend the colors of

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, making the third step in Europe after playing between 2007 and 2009 for AEL (64 games played, 13 goals) on a loan from

and

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in 2012-2013 (16 games played, 2 goals), playing along

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and Carlos Matheu. However, his arrival at the Greek club left a trail of controversy, as a few hours ago everything was ready to sign with

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, 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.

Honours

2010 Copa Sudamericana The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2010 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, t ...

: Independiente

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