Facundo Manuel Carlos Parra (born 15 June 1985) is an
Argentine
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football
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striker who plays for
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
in the Argentinian
Primera B Nacional
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.
Club career
Parra started his career in
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
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
All Boys
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for the 11th fixture of the ''Apertura''. He scored his second goal for the team in the
Copa Sudamericana
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semifinals victory over
LDU Quito
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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
Goiás
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(3–1), leading his team to the
penalty shootout
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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
Greek Super League
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to defend the colors of
Asteras Tripolis
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Asteras Tripolis ...
, 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
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
and
Atalanta
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There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...
in 2012-2013 (16 games played, 2 goals), playing along
Maximiliano Moralez
Maximiliano Nicolás "Maxi" Moralez (born 27 February 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club New York City FC. He is nicknamed ''frasquito'' (English: little flask).
Club c ...
,
Germán Denis
Germán Gustavo Denis (born 10 September 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Denis began his career in 1997 playing for his local team Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Primera B Metropolitana ...
,
Ezequiel Schelotto
Ezequiel Matías Schelotto (, ; born 23 May 1989) is an Argentine-Italian footballer who plays for FC Paradiso in the Swiss Promotion League. A versatile player on the right flank, he started his career as a winger and was later converted into ...
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
Club Atlético Belgrano
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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
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:
Independiente
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Atalanta BC players
Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
Atlético de Rafaela footballers
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
Club Agropecuario Argentino players
Club Atlético 3 de Febrero players
Club Nacional footballers
All Boys footballers
FC Carlos Stein players
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Super League Greece players
Serie A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Paraguayan Primera División players
Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Copa Sudamericana–winning players
Men's association football forwards
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
Guaireña F.C. players
21st-century Argentine sportsmen