Juan Carlos Paredes Reasco (born 8 July 1987) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays as a

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for Cumbayá F.C.. A full international for the Ecuador national team since 2010, he has gained over 40 caps and represented the nation at the

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Club career

Paredes started playing for Huracán SC. He was sought by

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a year later and signed a contract with them. He then moved on to

Deportivo Cuenca Club Deportivo Cuenca is an Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being LDU ...

and was loaned out to

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of Ecuador's third division. He helped the team gain promotion to the second division for the 2008–09 season.

Deportivo Cuenca

Paredes returned to Deportivo Cuenca for its

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campaign. He has been linked for a move to Serie A. In 2010, he moved to

Deportivo Quito Sociedad Deportivo Quito is an Ecuadorian non-professional club football club based in Quito. For most of its existence, it competed in Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. And currently competes in the Seg ...

Deportivo Quito

Paredes was bought off by

, where he played a few

games and eventually ended up becoming Champions of the

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in 2011, defeating Emelec in Home and Away finals.

Barcelona

Paredes, having impressed with his speed and ability, signed for

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side

for the 2013 Season. Typically playing as a winger at his last club, in Barcelona he was mainly used as a right

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which gained him experience to be

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's starting fullback for numerous occasions.

Granada CF and Watford

On 16 July 2014, it was confirmed that Paredes had moved to

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from

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side

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, with both sides owned by the same family. Paredes had only moved to

earlier in the summer, suggesting it was a move that was designed to benefit the Championship club. Subject to obtaining a work permit and gaining international clearance, he signed a five-year deal with

of the

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Olympiakos

Paredes was loaned to

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champions Olympiakos on 31 January 2017.

International career

Paredes made his International debut against

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on 10 September 2010, in a 2–1 away win for

, which was seen as an overdue merit as part of supporters of his former Club,

. He was named in Ecuador's squad for the

in Brazil, and played every minute of their campaign which ended in elimination from Group E.

Career statistics

Honours

Deportivo Quito *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Juan Carlos 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Esmeraldas, Ecuador Association football wingers Ecuadorian footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers S.D. Quito footballers Granada CF footballers Watford F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. players C.S. Emelec footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Premier League players English Football League players Super League Greece players Ecuador international footballers 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players Ecuadorian expatriate footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Greece