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Parks was part of the team that played the 2005 Fédération internationale de football association Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool.
Parks was part of the team that played the 2005 Fédération internationale de football association Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool.
He has played in different teams in Costa Rica, as well as in 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 Guatemala and Jaguares de Colima and Tecos Unity Application Generator in Mexico, before coming back to Costa Rica to play for Saprissa and Universidad.
In 2008 he moved to San Carlos and retired in November 2009.
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. But just before the event started, a knee injury kept him away of participating and he was replaced by Pablo Chinchilla.
His final international was an October friendly match against South Africa. International goals Scores and results list Costa Rica"s goal tally first.
After retiring, Parks became chairman of the Costa Rican Football Players Association but resigned from his post after 7 years in January 2014.
Parks was a key member of the national team that qualified for the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, serving as the captain.