Javier Paredes Arango (born 5 July 1982) is a Spanish former

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who played mainly as a

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. He started his career with

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

, and made his

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debut with

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

in 2005. During a 14-year professional career he represented mainly

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

, signing in 2007 and appearing in 172 competitive games.

Club career

Early years / Getafe

Paredes was born in

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. After starting playing football at hometown

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club

and being relegated from the

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in the 2002–03 season, he left for two additional campaigns in

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's B-side,

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, who competed in the

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. In 2005–06, Paredes joined

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also in the

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area, and made his official – and

– debut on 28 August 2005, in a 2–0 away win against

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. He appeared in only seven games that season, barred by first-choice

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, but would be the undisputed starter in

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after the

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left for

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Zaragoza

For 2007–08, Paredes signed with

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, agreeing on a five-year deal. Initially backing up Juanfran, he finished as first-choice as the team eventually got relegated; he was again starter in the following campaign, helping to an immediate promotion back. Pushed by new signing

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, Paredes featured in just 20 league matches in 2009–10, but was still the most utilized left-back as Zaragoza retained its top division status. In the summer he was deemed surplus to requirements by manager

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, being limited to training. In early September 2010, during a training session, both got involved in a serious argument that nearly evolved to a physical confrontation; subsequently, the player was suspended by the club, being reinstated – and inserted in the starting XI – in November, as Gay was sacked and replaced by

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. In the following years, Paredes featured more often than not as a

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. Zaragoza returned to division two at the end of the 2012–13 season, and he was released on 25 February 2014 alongside

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, finding about the news through the club's website.

Albacete

In January 2015, after nearly one year without a club, Paredes signed for

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in the second tier.

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