Esteban Paredes
Paredes with Colo-Colo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Esteban Efraín Paredes
Quintanilla
Date of birth (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2000 Santiago Morning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Santiago Morning 169 (91)
2002 → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) 18 (9)
2004 → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 14 (5)
2004 → Pachuca Juniors (loan) 17 (5)
2007 → Cobreloa (loan) 29 (10)
2009–2012 Colo-Colo 89 (50)
2012–2013 Atlante 29 (16)
2013 Querétaro 18 (6)
2014–2021 Colo-Colo 165 (103)
2021–2022 Coquimbo Unido 33 (7)
2023 San Antonio Unido 4 (0)
Total 585 (302)
International career
2006–2018 Chile 42 (12)
2008 Chile U23 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2023

Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (born 1 August 1980) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

Paredes is the first player to be five-time Primera División de Chile top goalscorer[1][2] and has scored 286 league goals in his career, highlighting his 217–Primera División de Chile goals record which allowed him to be the all-time top goalscorer of Chilean first-tier tournaments history. On 5 October 2019, he achieved the record[3] surpassing Francisco Valdés[4] in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.

Club career

He began his career at Santiago Morning youth ranks and was promoted in 2000.

In 2009, he joined Chilean giants Colo-Colo on a three-year contract. That season, Paredes was an influential player and helped the team to win the Torneo Clausura. He was a key player in the final against Universidad Católica, scoring twice past Universidad Católica goalkeeper Paulo Garcés.[5]

In May 2022, after playing for Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean Primera División, and having scored 367 goals in his career, he announced his retirement as a professional footballer.[6] However, in June 2023 he returned to the football activity by signing with San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[7]

International career

Paredes represented his country in two World Cups, in 2010 and 2014 respectively, and at the 2011 Copa América.

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 August 2009 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 4 November 2009 CAP Stadium, Talcahuano, Chile  Paraguay 2–1 2–1 Friendly
3. 19 November 2009 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Slovakia 2–1 2–1 Friendly
4. 20 January 2010 Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile  Panama 1–0 2–1 Friendly
5. 2–0
6. 30 May 2010 Estadio Nelson Oyarzún, Chillán, Chile  Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7. 23 January 2011 The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States  United States 1–0 1–1 Friendly
8. 4 July 2011 Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina  Mexico 1–1 2–1 2011 Copa América
9. 21 March 2012 Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica, Chile  Peru 1–0 3–1 Friendly
10. 26 March 2013 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile  Uruguay 1–0 2–0 2014 World Cup qualifier
11. 29 March 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile  Venezuela 2–0 3–1 2018 World Cup qualifier
12. 3–0

Post-retirement

In February 2024, Paredes assumed as sport manager of Santiago Morning, the club with which he began his playing career.[8]

Personal life

His son, Esteban Paredes Lastra, was with the Colo-Colo youth ranks and then moved to Palestino when his father left Colo-Colo.[9]

In August 2022, he joined TNT Sports Chile as the co-host of the cooking and talk show Sabor a Gol alongside the chef Tomás Olivera.[10]

He is currently the face of a sport betting app named Juega en Linea.[11]

Honours

Puerto Montt

Santiago Morning

Colo-Colo

Coquimbo Unido

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Esteban Paredes: el primer pentagoleador del fútbol chileno". lacuarta.com. La Cuarta. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Es como decir que los perros son malos". lacuarta.com. La Cuarta. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Colo Colo vence a la U. de Chile 3 goles por 2 en el Superclásico". ellibero.cl. El Líbero. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Paredes igualó su primer récord goleador a 'Chamaco' Valdés". chile.as.com. chile.as.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Colo-Colo alcanza su estrella 29". 3TV.cl. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. ^ "¡El fin de una era! Esteban Paredes se retiró oficialmente del fútbol profesional". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Esteban Paredes vuelve con 42 años al fútbol profesional chileno: Se oficializa su fichaje en club de Segunda". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. ^ "El regreso de Paredes: la Fiorentina y la gran transformación que planea hacer". AS Chile (in Spanish). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  9. ^ Gómez, Bastián (17 September 2021). "Paredes, Tudor y Caputto: los juveniles hijos de viejos cracks del fútbol chileno". encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  10. ^ Sanz, Nicole (30 August 2022). "¡Esteban Paredes llega a la TV! ¿En qué programa? » DUPLOS". DUPLOS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ^ Twitter @RadioActivaCL, Radio Activa (16 August 2022). "¿Goleador tiktoker? Esteban Paredes la rompe en las redes con prendido baile". RadioActiva 92.5 (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2023. ((cite web)): |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Chile 2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

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