Franco Paredes

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Franco Paredes
Personal information
Full name Franco Ezequiel Paredes
Date of birth (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth San Justo, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back [1]
Team information
Current team
 Independiente
Number 32
Youth career
2007–2020 River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2025 River Plate 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 22 (3)
2023 → Racing de Montevideo (loan) 6 (0)
2023–2024 → Sarmiento (loan) 43 (2)
2025– Independiente 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:47, 13 February 2025 (UTC)

Franco Ezequiel Paredes (born 18 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Independiente. [2]

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Career

Paredes joined River Plate in 2007. [3] He made the jump from academy to reserves in 2016, before making his breakthrough into the first-team under Marcelo Gallardo in February 2020. [4] Paredes was soon registered for the Copa Libertadores, a competition that would see him make his senior debut in on 4 March 2020 against L.D.U. Quito; he played the full duration as River lost 3–0, with ten men, in Group D. [2] In August, Paredes was loaned to fellow Primera División club Defensa y Justicia. [5] [6] Hernán Crespo gave him his first appearance in the Libertadores too, as they lost away to Santos on 21 October. [2]

Personal life

Paredes' cousin, Leandro, is also a professional footballer. [7]

Career statistics

As of 5 November 2020 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2019–20 Primera División 0000001 [a] 00010
2020–21 000000000000
Total000000100010
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2020–21 [nb 1] Primera División 0000002 [b] 00020
Career total000000300030
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 "Franco Paredes". World Football. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - F. Paredes". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Quién es Franco Paredes, la sorpresa de Marcelo Gallardo en la lista de River para la Copa Libertadores". Infobae. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Franco Paredes: "Gallardo te exige estar concentrado los noventa minutos"". River Plate. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "De River a Defensa y Justicia: Ya son oficiales las salidas rumbo al equipo de Hernán Crespo de los futbolistas Franco Paredes y Enzo Fernández". TNT Sports. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Defensa y Justicia incorporó a Franco Paredes y Enzo Fernández". Grupo la Provincia. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "En River debutó el primo de un ex Boca". Olé. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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