Born on the 31st of January 1977 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Sergei is 193 centimetres tall and weighs 84 kilograms. The Estonian footballer started his career in the Tallinn's club Sadam in 1992, where he played until the end of the 1997/98 season, winning two Estonian Cups and one Super Cup of the country. By the mid - 1998 he moved to Italy to sign up for AS Casale Calcio. One year later, he returned to his country, to Levadia Tallin team this time. While spending two years with the team, he twice won the championship and Estonian Cup. Since 2001, Pareiko has played in Russia with Rotor Volgograd and Tom Tomsk. Altogether, he played over 150 matches in the Russian league.

Pareiko played 13 matches in the junior representations of Estonia and since 1996 – he also plays in the first team of his country. He participated in 22 matches in the colours of the national team and played four times in the qualifying matches for Euro 2012.

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