Franco Ezequiel Paredes (born 18 March 1999) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Independiente.
Career
Paredes joined
River Plate in 2007.
He made the jump from academy to reserves in 2016, before making his breakthrough into the first-team under
Marcelo Gallardo in February 2020.
Paredes was soon registered for the
Copa Libertadores
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, a competition that would see him make his senior debut in on 4 March 2020 against
L.D.U. Quito; he played the full duration as River lost 3–0, with ten men, in Group D.
In August, Paredes was loaned to fellow
Primera División club
Defensa y Justicia
Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935. .
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach of UAE Pro League club Al Ain.
A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
gave him his first appearance in the Libertadores too, as they lost away to
Santos on 21 October.
Personal life
Paredes' cousin,
Leandro, is also a professional footballer.
Career statistics
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References
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1999 births
Living people
Footballers from La Matanza Partido
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Uruguayan Primera División players
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Defensa y Justicia footballers
Racing Club de Montevideo players
Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Copa Sudamericana–winning players
21st-century Argentine sportsmen
Argentine expatriate men's footballers