Héctor Parra

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

Playing career Early career While studying in secondary school, Parra was with both Industrial Football Club from Chillán (1906) and the team of (1907) from Santiago.

In Chile In 1908, Parra joined of the Asociación de Football de Santiago, winning the Copa Unión (First Division) three times: . In addition, he played for the Santiago team in intercity matches versus the Valparaíso team in 1910 and 1911. and the first Chilean to play for Flamengo. 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. losing the three matches: 0–6 versus Brazil, 0–2 versus Uruguay, 1–4 versus Argentina. Despite he made no appearances, he was actually part of the squad as a player too.

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

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

Honours Gimnástico F.C. Copa Unión (First Division of Asociación de Football de Santiago) (3):

Flamengo Campeonato Carioca (1): 1915