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Esteban Paredes
Universidad de Chile - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-15 - Esteban Paredes.jpg
Paredes with Colo-Colo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Esteban Efraín Paredes
Quintanilla
Date of birth (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position 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)
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 30 July 2023.
† Appearances (Goals).

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 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 surpassing Francisco Valdés 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.

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. However, in June 2023 he returned to the football activity by signing with San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

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.

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.

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.

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

Honours

Puerto Montt

  • Primera B: 2002

Santiago Morning

  • Primera B: 2005

Colo-Colo

  • Primera División: 2009–C, 2014–C, 2015–A, 2017–T
  • Copa Chile: 2016, 2019
  • Supercopa de Chile: 2017, 2018

Coquimbo Unido

  • Primera B: 2021

Individual

  • Primera B de Chile Top Scorer: 2005
  • Primera División de Chile Top Scorer (5): 2009–A, 2011–C, 2014–C, 2014–A, 2015–C
  • El Gráfico Ideal Team (4): 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015
  • ANFP Golden Ball Ideal Team (3): 2011, 2014, 2015
  • ANFP Golden Ball Golden Boot: 2011
  • Liga MX Golden Boot (Shared): 2012–A
  • El Gráfico Golden Boot: 2014
  • ANFP Golden Ball Best Player: 2015
  • Copa Chile Top Scorer (2): 2015, 2016
  • El Gráfico Best Copa Chile Player: 2016

See also

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