Héctor Parra (footballer)

Héctor Ovidio Parra Cancino (10 August 1891 – 14 December 1968) was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a centre-half-back.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Cancino.
Héctor Parra
Personal information
Full name Héctor Ovidio Parra Cancino
Date of birth (1891-08-10)10 August 1891
Place of birth Chillán, Chile
Date of death 14 December 1968(1968-12-14) (aged 77)
Place of death Chile
Position(s) Centre-half-back
Youth career
1906 Industrial F.C.
1907 Escuela de Artes y Oficios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1913 Gimnástico F.C.
1911 Santiago (city team) 1 (0)
1914 America-RJ
1915 Flamengo 11 (0)
International career
1913 Chile
Managerial career
1919 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Early career

While studying in secondary school, Parra was with both Industrial Football Club from Chillán (1906) and the team of Escuela de Artes y Oficios (1907) from Santiago.[1]

In Chile

In 1908, Parra joined Gimnástico Football Club of the Asociación de Football de Santiago,[2] winning the Copa Unión (First Division) three times: 1909, 1910, 1912.[3][4] In addition, he played for the Santiago team in intercity matches versus the Valparaíso team in 1910[5] and 1911.[2]

In Brazil

In 1914, Parra joined America-RJ after having played with the Chile national team in Rio de Janeiro the year before, becoming the first Chilean footballer to play abroad.[2] In 1915, he moved to Flamengo, becoming the second foreign player in the club after the English Lawrence Selton Andrews, who was one of the club founders from Fluminense[6] and the first Chilean to play for Flamengo.[7] He made eleven total appearances and won the 1915 Campeonato Carioca, the second title for the club. The Brazilian press described him as a centre-half-back, an older version of the sweeper position.[1]

In addition, he could have played for the Rio de Janeiro team versus both Italy and Exeter City, according to the Chilean journalist Edgardo Marín.[2]

International

In September 1913, the Chile national team went to Brazil with Parra as a left-back and the team captain, with the support of Federación Sportiva Nacional (FSN), one of the two football federations of Chile at that time.[1] Chile played several matches in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In Rio de Janeiro Chile faced the team of Escola de Guerra e Marinha (War and Navy School) (loss), a team of Brazilian students (loss), two Carioca squads (1–2 and 0–6 losses) and America-RJ (3–2 win). In São Paulo Chile faced two Paulista squads (2–1 and 3–1 wins) and Americano FC (3–3 draw).[2]

Coaching career

He coached Chile in the 1919 South American Championship,[8] losing the three matches: 0-6 versus Brazil,[9] 0-2 versus Uruguay,[10] 1-4 versus Argentina.[11] Despite he made no appearances, he was actually part of the squad as a player too.[2]

Personal life

Parra was born in Chillán and his parents were Juan de Dios Parra Gutiérrez, a merchant farmer, and Ana María Cancino, a housewife.[12][13]

In the 1940s, he worked as Consul of Chile in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[14]

According to the members of the artistic collective Las Parrunas, whose surname is Parra and that investigate their family tree,[15] Héctor Parra was the grandfather of the founders of the prolific Chilean music band Los Jaivas: Eduardo, Claudio and Gabriel Parra.[14] So, his descendants are mainly inclined towards arts and music.

Honours
Gimnástico F.C.
Flamengo

References
  1. Fuentealba, Rodrigo (15 July 2022). "La olvidada historia de Héctor Parra, el primer chileno que jugó en Flamengo de Brasil hace más de un siglo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. Marín, Edgardo (1985). La Roja de todos (Selección chilena de fútbol 1910-1985) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: SOEM Service Impresores. pp. 16–18, 25–26, 202, 204, 216. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. Marín, Edgardo (1995). Centenario: Historia total del fútbol chileno (1895-1995) (PDF). Santiago, Chile: Editores e Impresores EME. p. 53. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. de Sport, Centro Editorial (1910). Anuario sportivo de Chile, 1909. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta San Buenaventura. pp. 80–81. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. Martínez, Josafat (1961). Historia del fútbol chileno Tomo 1ero (PDF). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Chile. p. 52. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. FLUnômeno (27 May 2018). "Os fundadores do Flamengo". FLUNOMENO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. "Vidal? Conheça a história 'esquecida' do 1º chileno que jogou pelo Flamengo" (in Portuguese). ESPN. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  8. Don Balón, Especial (1998). Historia de la Selección Chilena: 1910-1998 (PDF). Santiago, Chile: ANFP. pp. 4, 5. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  9. "[11/05/1919] Brasil-Chile 6:0". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  10. "[17/05/1919] Uruguay-Chile 2:0". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  11. "[22/05/1919] Argentina-Chile 4:1". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  12. Birth certificate of Héctor Parra on Facebook
  13. Passport of Héctor Parra as Consul of Chile in Argentina on Facebook
  14. Héctor Parra as Consul of Chile in Argentina on Facebook
  15. Las Parrunas on Facebook
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