Esteban Paredes

Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (born 1 August 1980) is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Chilean club Colo-Colo as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Quintanilla.

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
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Colo-Colo
Number 7
Youth career
1996–2000 Santiago Morning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Santiago Morning 169 (91)
2002 → Puerto Montt (loan) 18 (9)
2004 → U. de Concepción (loan) 14 (5)
2004 → Pachuca Jrs. (loan) 17 (5)
2007 → Cobreloa (loan) 29 (10)
2009–2012 Colo-Colo 89 (50)
2012–2013 Atlante 29 (16)
2013 Querétaro 18 (6)
2014– Colo-Colo 151 (101)
National team‡
2006–2018 Chile 42 (12)
2008 Chile U23 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2017

Paredes has been the first one 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 who allowed him being the all time top goalscorer of Chilean first-tier tournaments history. On October 5, 2019, he achieved the record[3] surpassing Francisco Valdés[4] in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.

He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2014, and one Copa América, in 2011.

Club career

Beginnings: 2000–2001

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

2009 Clausura successful

In 2009, he joined Chilean giants Colo-Colo signing a three-year contract. That season Paredes was an undisputed player and helped the team to win the Torneo Clausura, where was a key player in the final against Universidad Católica scoring two remembered goals to Paulo Garcés.[5]

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.

Honours

Club
Puerto Montt
Santiago Morning
Colo-Colo

Individual

References
  1. "Esteban Paredes: el primer pentagoleador del fútbol chileno". lacuarta.com. La Cuarta. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. "Es como decir que los perros son malos". lacuarta.com. La Cuarta. 3 May 2014. 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. "Chile 2005". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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