Personal information | |||
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Full name | Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla |
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Date of birth | 1 August 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Colo-Colo | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–2000 | Santiago Morning | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2009 | Santiago Morning | 171 | (94) |
2002 | → Puerto Montt (loan) | 18 | (9) |
2004 | → U. Concepción (loan) | 17 | (7) |
2004 | → Pachuca Jrs. (loan) | 17 | (5) |
2007 | → Cobreloa (loan) | 29 | (10) |
2009–2012 | Colo-Colo | 101 | (58) |
2012–2013 | Atlante | 30 | (17) |
2013 | Querétaro | 19 | (6) |
2014– | Colo-Colo | 124 | (92) |
National team‡ | |||
2006– | Chile | 37 | (12) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2017 |
Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (American Spanish: [esˈteβan paˈɾeðes], born 1 August 1980) is a Chilean professional footballer currently playing for Chilean club Colo-Colo as a forward.
Paredes has been five-time Primera División de Chile top goalscorer and the only one in Chilean football history to do it. He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2014, and one Copa América, in 2011.
He began his career at Santiago Morning youth ranks and was promoted in 2000.
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 remember goals to Paulo Garcés.
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.