Franco Martín Parodi is a professional Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 footballer. He started his career at the Argentinian club Defensores de Belgrano

Defensores de Belgrano

Defensores de Belgrano is a sports club from the Nuñez neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. the football team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association....

. After a year in the under 19 part of the club he got to the first team. He played 3 matches for them and then he was sent on a loan to Russian side PFC Spartak Nalchik

PFC Spartak Nalchik

PFC Spartak Nalchik is a Russian association football club based in Nalchik. Spartak has played in Russian Premier League since 2006.-History:...

. He played one season for the Russian club and got 6 matches for the first team. He did not score any goals in the 6 matches, and the team got 3 defeat and 3 loss. When the loan was over a Portuguese club named Rio Ave bought him from Defensores de Belgrano

Defensores de Belgrano

Defensores de Belgrano is a sports club from the Nuñez neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. the football team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine Football Association....

 for around 200.000 €, or 178.000 £. He got a contract with Rio Ave until 30.06.2010.

External links

• BDFA profile
• Profile on the official RFPL site