Carlos Paredes (footballer)

Carlos Paredes
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Humberto Paredes Monges
Date of birth	16 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2000	Olimpia Asunción
2000–2002	FC Porto
2002–2006	Reggina
2006–2008	Sporting CP
2008–2009	Olimpia Asunción
2009–2010	Rubio Ñú
2010	Sportivo Luqueño
2011–2015	Olimpia Asunción
Total
International career
1998–2008	Paraguay
Managerial career
2015–2016	Olimpia (assistant)
2016	Paraguay U23
2016	Paraguay U20 (interim)
2017	Rubio Ñu
2017	Guaireña
2017–2018	Paraguay U20
2018–2019	Sol de América (reserves)
2019	Independiente FBC
2019–2020	Fulgencio Yegros
2020	Sportivo Luqueño
2021	Tacuary
2023	Tacuary
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Humberto Paredes Monges (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto paˈɾeðes ˈmoŋɡes]; born 16 July 1976) is a Paraguayan coach and former footballer.

His style of play led the Paraguayan media to call him the "Sir of the Midfield". Paredes played defensive midfield, though he could also play as centre-forward, being a lethal header. He also had exceptional leadership capabilities on the field, where he was constantly marshalling instructions to the rest of the team.

His first major competition as a coach was the 2016 Toulon Tournament with the Paraguay national under-23 football team.^[2]

Career

Paredes started his career in Club Olimpia of Paraguay in 1995, winning five national championships and becoming the youngest captain in the club's history at the age of 20. In 2000, he moved to FC Porto of Portugal where he won the Cup of Portugal in the 2000/2001 season. In 2002, he was transferred to Reggina for €4.8million (Porto retained 25% rights to receive future transfer revenue of Reggina received).^[3] In 2006 Paredes moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal where he was allowed very little game time. In January 2008 his contract was terminated by Sporting.

Paredes returned to Paraguay in 2008 to play for the team he first played for, Olimpia. Currently, he is the team captain and undisputed leader on the field. He has scored two goals in the first three games of the Apertura tournament. In 2009 Paredes moved to Rubio Ñú due to not featuring in the plans of former coach Gregorio Perez for the 2009 Clausura Tournament. In 2010 Paredes moved to Sportivo Luqueño and to Olimpia in the following year, where is he is currently one of the team captains.

International career

Paredes played in three FIFA World Cups for Paraguay: 1998, 2002 and 2006, reaching the Round of 16 in two of them.

Honours

Club

Olimpia

Primera División (6): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011 Clausara

Porto

Taça de Portugal (1): 2000–01
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2001

Sporting CP

Taça de Portugal (1): 2006–07

References

^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
^ "La Albirroja Juvenil retomará las actividades pensando en Toulon, Francia". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Venda do passe do jogador Carlos Paredes" (PDF). FC Porto (in Portuguese). 19 July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

External links

Carlos Paredes at National-Football-Teams.com
Paredes Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-06)

[1] "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.

[2] "La Albirroja Juvenil retomará las actividades pensando en Toulon, Francia". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[3] "Venda do passe do jogador Carlos Paredes" (PDF). FC Porto (in Portuguese). 19 July 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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