Esteban Paredes

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Quintanilla.

Esteban Paredes
File:Universidad de Chile - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-15 - Esteban Paredes.jpg
Paredes with Colo-Colo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Esteban Efraín Paredes
Quintanilla
Date of birth (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1996–2000 Santiago Morning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2009 Santiago Morning 169 (91)
2002 → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) 18 (9)
2004 → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 14 (5)
2004 → Pachuca Juniors (loan) 17 (5)
2007 → Cobreloa (loan) 29 (10)
2009–2012 Colo-Colo 89 (50)
2012–2013 Atlante 29 (16)
2013 Querétaro 18 (6)
2014–2021 Colo-Colo 165 (103)
2021–2022 Coquimbo Unido 33 (7)
2023 San Antonio Unido 4 (0)
2024 Santiago Morning 7 (1)
Total 592 (303)
International career
2006–2018 Chile 42 (12)
2008 Chile U23 4 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (born 1 August 1980) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Paredes is the first player to be five-time Primera División de Chile top goalscorer[1][2] and has scored 286 league goals in his career, highlighting his 217–Primera División de Chile goals record which allowed him to be the all-time top goalscorer of Chilean first-tier tournaments history. On 5 October 2019, he achieved the record[3] surpassing Francisco Valdés[4] in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.

Club career

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He began his career at Santiago Morning youth ranks and was promoted in 2000.

In 2009, he joined Chilean giants Colo-Colo on a three-year contract. That season, Paredes was an influential player and helped the team to win the Torneo Clausura. He was a key player in the final against Universidad Católica, scoring twice past Universidad Católica goalkeeper Paulo Garcés.[5]

In May 2022, after playing for Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean Primera División, and having scored 367 goals in his career, Paredes announced his retirement as a professional footballer.[6] However, in June 2023 he returned to the football activity by signing with San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[7] Retired again, he returned to play for Santiago Morning in August 2024,[8] announcing his definitive retirement at the end of the season.[9]

International career

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Paredes represented his country in two World Cups, in 2010 and 2014 respectively, and at the 2011 Copa América.

International goals

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Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 August 2009 Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 4 November 2009 CAP Stadium, Talcahuano, Chile File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 2–1 2–1 Friendly
3. 19 November 2009 Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2–1 2–1 Friendly
4. 20 January 2010 Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1–0 2–1 Friendly
5. 2–0
6. 30 May 2010 Estadio Nelson Oyarzún, Chillán, Chile File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7. 23 January 2011 The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1–0 1–1 Friendly
8. 4 July 2011 Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1–1 2–1 2011 Copa América
9. 21 March 2012 Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica, Chile File:Flag of Peru (state).svg Peru 1–0 3–1 Friendly
10. 26 March 2013 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1–0 2–0 2014 World Cup qualifier
11. 29 March 2017 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela 2–0 3–1 2018 World Cup qualifier
12. 3–0

Post-retirement

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In February 2024, Paredes assumed as sport manager of Santiago Morning, the club with which he began his playing career.[10]

In December 2024, Paredes graduated as a football manager at INAF (es) (National Institute of Football, Sports and Physical Activity of Chile).[11]

Personal life

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His son, Esteban Paredes Lastra, was with the Colo-Colo youth ranks and then moved to Palestino when his father left Colo-Colo.[12]

In August 2022, he joined TNT Sports Chile as the co-host of the cooking and talk show Sabor a Gol (Flavor of Goal) alongside the chef Tomás Olivera.[13]

He is currently the face of a sport betting app named Juega en Linea.[14]

In October 2025, Paredes entered the dance TV show Fiebre de Baile (es) (Dance Fever) from Chilevisión.[15]

Honours

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Puerto Montt

Santiago Morning

Colo-Colo

Coquimbo Unido

Individual

References

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