{{short description|Finnish footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marco Parnela | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|1|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Orivesi, Finland | height = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Atletico Catania<ref name=reff/> | years2 = | clubs2 = ESV München<ref name=reff/> | years3 = 2001–2003 | clubs3 = Thun | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2003–2004 | clubs4 = Zwolle | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2004–2010 | clubs5 = Go Ahead Eagles | caps5 = 162 | goals5 = 14 | totalcaps = 203 | totalgoals = 15 }} '''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.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Marco-Parnela.htm Voetbal International]</ref>
==Career== Despite being born in Finland, Parnela spent all his professional career abroad. He played from 2001 to 2003 in Switzerland for FC Thun,<ref name=is>[https://www.is.fi/urheilu/art-2000000097668.html Marco Parnela etsii seuraa], Ilta-Sanomat, 7 June 2001</ref> 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. Parnela also served as the team captain of Go Ahead Eagles.<ref name=reff>[https://www.is.fi/huuhkajat/art-2000000364994.html Entinen nuorten maajoukkuepelaaja lopettaa pelaajauransa], Ilta-Sanomat, 21 December 2010</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/parnela-zegt-profvoetbal-vaarwel_3873.php |publisher=Jupiler League |language=Dutch |title=Parnela zegt profvoetbal vaarwel |date=17 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613053006/http://www.jupilerleague.nl/nieuws/parnela-zegt-profvoetbal-vaarwel_3873.php |archivedate=13 June 2011 }}</ref>
He joined Dutch amateurclub SV Zwaluwen Wierden in January 2011.<ref name=reff2/>
==Personal life== Parnela is of Finnish and Italian descent.<ref name=is/>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name=reff2>{{BeSoccer|marco-parnela-84493}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Thun |2001–02 |Swiss Nationalliga B |12||1||2||1||14||2 |- |2002–03 |Swiss Nationalliga A |6||0||0||0||6||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !18!!1!!2!!1!!20!!2 |- |Zwolle |2003–04 |Eredivisie |8||0||0||0||8||0 |- |rowspan=8|Go Ahead Eagles |2004–05 |Eerste Divisie |33||1||0||0||33||1 |- |2005–06 |Eerste Divisie |33||4||0||0||33||4 |- |2006–07 |Eerste Divisie |39||4||1||0||40||4 |- |2007–08 |Eerste Divisie |14||0||2||0||16||0 |- |2008–09 |Eerste Divisie |21||2||0||0||21||2 |- |2009–10 |Eerste Divisie |19||3||2||0||21||3 |- |2010–11 |Eerste Divisie |5||0||0||0||5||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !164!!14!!5!!0!!169!!14 |- |SV Zwaluwen Wierden |2011–12 |Derde Divisie |23||0||0||0||23||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !213!!15!!7!!1!!220!!16 |} {{notelist}}
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