Pablo Paredes Arratia (born 11 February 1983) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Amurrio Club Amurrio Club is a Spanish football team based in Amurrio, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1949, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Basarte'', with a 4,000-seater ca ...

mainly as a

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Club career

Born in

Laudio Laudio/Llodio is a town and municipality located in the province of Álava, in the Basque Country, northern Spain. Laudio is the name in Basque language and Llodio in Spanish; both are used indistinctly. Geography and Demography Llodio is an ...

Álava Álava ( in Spanish) or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Álava, former medieval Catholic bishopric and now Latin titular see. Its ca ...

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, Paredes joined

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

's youth setup in 1999, aged 16. He made his debut with the farm team in the 2001–02 campaign, in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In June 2003 Paredes was promoted to the reserves, in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

. He played his first match as a professional on 2 July 2005, starting in a 0–1 away loss against CFR Cluj, in that year's

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. Paredes was released by the ''Lions'' in May 2006, and moved to Barakaldo CF in the third level. After appearing sparingly he joined fourth level

, appearing regularly during his two-year spell. In the summer of 2009, Paredes signed for

Sestao River Club Sestao River Club is a Spanish football team based in Sestao, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1996 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadio Las Llanas'', with a capacity of 8,905 ...

in the third division. An undisputed starter, he appeared in 33 matches as his side were relegated. Paredes moved to fourth tier club CD Laudio on 12 June 2010. In August 2012 he joined fellow league team

SD Leioa Sociedad Deportiva Leioa is a Spanish football team based in Leioa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1925 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at '' Estadio Sarriena'', which has a capacity ...

, achieving promotion back to the third level in 2013–14.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Pablo 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Álava Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Men's association football midfielders Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Athletic Bilbao B footballers Barakaldo CF footballers Sestao River Club footballers CD Laudio players SD Leioa players Athletic Bilbao footballers