Marco Parnela

Marco Parnela

Personal information
Full name	Marco Parnela
Date of birth	(1981-01-05) 5 January 1981
Place of birth	Orivesi, Finland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	FC Thun	33	(1)
2003–2004	FC Zwolle	8	(0)
2004–2010	Go Ahead Eagles	162	(14)
Total		203	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Parnela (born 5 January 1981) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Active in both Switzerland and the Netherlands, Parnela made over 200 career league appearances.

Career

Despite being born in Finland, Parnela spent all his professional career abroad. He played from 2001 to 2003 in Switzerland for FC Thun, then moving to the Netherlands later that year to join Eerste Divisie club FC Zwolle. In 2004 he then agreed to join another Eerste Divisie team, Go Ahead Eagles from Deventer, where he spent the remainder of his career.

In December 2010 Parnela announced his decision to put an end to his professional career and focus on a business career instead, effective 1 January 2011.

He joined Dutch amateurclub SV Zwaluwen Wierden in January 2011.