Marco Parnela

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. Parnela also served as the team captain of Go Ahead Eagles. 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.

Parnela is of Finnish and Italian descent.