Reynaldo Parks Pérez (born December 4, 1974) is a Costa Rican former football defender.
Club career He has played on different teams in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Guatemala. He started out in Costa Rica with his hometown team Limonense, and was later transferred to Herediano. Then he went on to play alongside compatriot Fernando Patterson with Municipal in GuatemalaFe ciega en Marvin - Nación and Jaguares de Colima and Tecos UAG in Mexico,Parks se abre paso•Firmó contrato por tres temporadas con los Tecos de Guadalajara y quiere ser figura - Nación before coming back to Costa Rica to play for SaprissaReynaldo aún sin rumbo - Nación and Universidad.UCR arranca pretemporada con refuerzos - Nación
Parks was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool.
In 2008, he moved to San CarlosDrummond firmó con San Ramón, Reynaldo Parks con San Carlos - Nación and retired in November 2009.Se retira del fútbol tras 17 años de carrera Parks pone punto final - Al Día
International career Parks made his debut for Costa Rica in a February 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification match against Nicaragua and earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 1 goal.Appearances for Costa Rica National Team - RSSSF He represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1995UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF and 1999 UNCAF Nations CupsUNCAF Tournament 1999 - RSSSF as well as at the 1993CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF and 2002 CONCACAF Gold CupsCONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF and the 2001 Copa América.Copa América 2001 - RSSSF Parks was a key member of the national team that qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, serving as the captain. But just before the event started, a knee injury kept him away from participatingReynaldo Parks: "Nunca fui a un mundial, pero estuve en un grupo soñado" - Al Día and he was replaced by Pablo Chinchilla.Llaman a Chinchilla Parks deja el Mundial - Nación
His final international was an October 2003 friendly match against South Africa.
International goals Scores and results list Costa Rica's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 6 January 2001 Orange Bowl, Miami, United States 3–1 2–5 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Retirement After retiring, Parks became chairman of the National Costa Rica Football Players Association but resigned from his post after 7 years in January 2014.Reynaldo Parks renunció a presidencia de Asociación de Jugadores - Nación
Personal life Parks was married to Irma Loaiciga Martinez, and they had three sons: Launy, Rey Jr, and Alanie Raquel Parks Loaiciga.Alegría de Parks - Nación His cousin Winston ParksFutbolista y marinero Kenny Parks desea seguir en el fútbol los pasos de su tío Reynaldo y su primo Winston - Al Día also played for the Costa Rica national team.
Honours Primera División de Costa Rica 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005
Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2003
References
External links
2002 World Cup profile - Nación