Javier Paredes

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Javier Paredes
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Paredes (right) in 2009
Personal information
Full name Javier Paredes Arango
Date of birth (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Left-back
Youth career
Oviedo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 Oviedo B 26 (0)
2001–2003 Oviedo 40 (1)
2003–2005 Real Madrid B 67 (1)
2004 Real Madrid 0 (0)
2005–2007 Getafe 40 (0)
2007–2014 Zaragoza 157 (0)
2015–2016 Albacete 58 (3)
2017–2018 Ebro 16 (1)
Total404(6)
International career
2000–2001 Spain U18 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Javier Paredes Arango (born 5 July 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left-back.

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He started out at Real Oviedo, and made his La Liga debut with Getafe in 2005. He represented mainly Zaragoza in a 18-year senior career, signing in 2007 and appearing in 172 competitive games.

Club career

Early career and Getafe

Paredes was born in Oviedo, Asturias. After starting out at his hometown club Real Oviedo and being relegated from Segunda División in the 2002–03 season, he left for two additional campaigns with Real Madrid's reserves, who competed in the Segunda División B; he made two appearances in the Copa del Rey with the latter's first team. [1] [2] [3]

In 2005–06, Paredes joined Getafe CF also in the Madrid area, and made his official – and La Liga – debut on 28 August 2005, in a 2–0 away win against Real Sociedad. [4] He appeared in only seven games that season, barred by Mariano Pernía, but would be the undisputed starter in the following after the Argentine left for Atlético Madrid. [5] [6]

Zaragoza

Paredes signed with Aragon's Real Zaragoza for 2007–08, agreeing to a five-year contract. [7] Initially backing up Juanfran, [8] he finished as first-choice as the team eventually got relegated; he started again the following campaign, helping to an immediate promotion. [9]

Pushed by newly arrived Ivan Obradović, [10] Paredes played just 20 league matches in 2009–10, but was still the most utilised left-back to help his side to retain their top-division status. In the summer, he was deemed surplus to requirements by manager José Aurelio Gay, being limited to training. In early September 2010, both got involved in a serious argument in training that nearly evolved to a physical confrontation; [11] subsequently, the player was suspended, [12] being reinstated – and inserted in the starting XI – in November, as Gay was dismissed and replaced by Javier Aguirre. [13]

In the following years, Paredes featured more often than not as a central defender. [14] [15] Zaragoza returned to the second tier at the end of the 2012–13 season, and he was released on 25 February 2014 alongside José María Movilla, finding about the news through the club's website. [16]

Albacete

In January 2015, Paredes moved to second-division Albacete Balompié following a successful trial. [17] He scored his first goal on 1 November, closing the 1–1 draw away to Deportivo Alavés. [18]

Paredes worked as a lawyer after retiring. [19]

References

  1. ↑ El Real Madrid, con muchos suplentes, sufrió en Eibar (Real Madrid, with many reserves, suffered in Eibar); Diario AS, 7 January 2004 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Queiroz y Valdano muestran su apoyo a los "pavones" (Queiroz and Valdano show support to the "pavones"); El Mundo, 8 January 2004 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Morientes y Owen pasan ronda para el Real Madrid (Morientes and Owen make Real Madrid go through); El Mundo, 26 October 2004 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Getafe sorprende a un Espanyol inoperante y frágil (Getafe surprise halted and weak Espanyol); El Mundo, 28 August 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Javier Paredes: "Vengo con mucha ilusión y para ser titular" (Javier Paredes: "I come with the hunger to spare and to start"); El Periódico de Aragón, 4 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Mariano Pernía deja una reflexión sobre el Atlético que da mucho que pensar (Mariano Pernía leaves reflection over Atlético that gives a lot of pause); Mundo Deportivo, 2 January 2024 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Zaragoza snap up Paredes; UEFA, 26 June 2007
  8. ↑ El Mallorca se juega la gloria europea y el Zaragoza la permanencia (Mallorca play for European glory and Zaragoza to stay up); Público, 17 May 2008 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Paredes: «Los que lleguen deben estar igual de implicados» (Paredes: "Those who arrive must be as committed"); Heraldo de Aragón, 25 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ El misterioso caso del lateral izquierdo (The mysterious case of the left-back); El Periódico de Aragón, 2 March 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Paredes se revuelve contra Gay al término del entrenamiento (Paredes confronts Gay at the end of training) Archived 8 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ; El Periódico de Aragón, 3 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ El Real Zaragoza abre un expediente disciplinario a Javier Paredes (Zaragoza open disciplinary case to Paredes) Archived 9 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ; El Periódico de Aragón, 3 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Paredes: "Este año parto en igualdad de condiciones" (Paredes: "This year I start from the same place"); Marca, 20 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ Javier Paredes: "Veo la defensa bien ajustada, este Zaragoza es de garantías" (Javier Paredes: "I see a well-adjusted defence, this Zaragoza offer assurance"); El Periódico de Aragón, 10 September 2012 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Loovens, otra baja para la defensa en el Camp Nou (Loovens, another defensive casualty in Camp Nou) Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Terra, 16 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ El Zaragoza despide a Movilla y Paredes (Zaragoza fire Movilla and Paredes); Marca, 25 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  17. ↑ Rojas abre paso a Paredes, nuevo jugador del Albacete (Rojas makes way for Paredes, new Albacete player); Vavel, 9 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  18. ↑ Alavés y Albacete firman tablas en Mendizorroza (Alavés and Albacete sign draw at Mendizorroza); EITB, 1 November 2015 (in Spanish)
  19. ↑ Javier Paredes, exjugador de Real Zaragoza y Albacete: "Claro que el runrún influye y genera dudas, vamos a aguantar un poco" (Javier Paredes, former Real Zaragoza and Albacete player: "Of course the buzz plays a part and raises doubts, let's take it easy"); El Periódico de Aragón, 11 September 2025 (in Spanish)
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