Kalle Parviainen (born 3 October 1982) is a
Finnish former
professional football
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who currently works as the
sporting director
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of the
Veikkausliiga side
Inter Turku in
Finland.
While Parviainen was the leading scorer at his previous club,
KuPS
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, he has played mostly as a defender at FC Haka. Versatile Parviainen played as a midfielder before becoming a striker. On 26 October 2010 he signed a three-year contract with
FC Inter.
Parviainen joins Inter
He made his national team debut on 29 May 2010, in a friendly against Poland.
After his retirement from playing career, Parviainen has worked as a youth coach and academy director of his former club Inter Turku, and for the Finnish FA. Currently he serves as a sporting director of Inter Turku since 2024.
References
Guardian Football
1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Kuopio
Finnish men's footballers
Veikkausliiga players
FC Haka players
Men's association football forwards
Finland men's international footballers
Finnish sporting directors
FC Inter Turku players
Kuopion Palloseura players
Turun Toverit players
Ykkönen players
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