Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (born 1 August 1980) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
![]() Paredes with Colo-Colo in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla | ||
Date of birth | (1980-08-01) 1 August 1980 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | 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) |
National team | |||
2006–2018 | Chile | 42 | (12) |
2008 | Chile U23 | 4 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 October 5, 2019, he achieved the record[3] surpassing Francisco Valdés[4] in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.
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, he announced his retirement as a professional footballer.[6]
Paredes represented his country in two World Cups, in 2010 and 2014 respectively, and at the 2011 Copa América.
His son, Esteban Paredes Lastra, was with the Colo-Colo youth ranks and then moved to Palestino when his father left Colo-Colo.[7]
In August 2022, he joined TNT Sports Chile as the co-host of the cooking and talk show Sabor a Gol alongside the chef Tomás Olivera.[8]
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 August 2009 | Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 4 November 2009 | CAP Stadium, Talcahuano, Chile | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
3. | 19 November 2009 | Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
4. | 20 January 2010 | Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
5. | 2–0 | |||||
6. | 30 May 2010 | Estadio Nelson Oyarzún, Chillán, Chile | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
7. | 23 January 2011 | The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
8. | 4 July 2011 | Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2011 Copa América |
9. | 21 March 2012 | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica, Chile | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
10. | 26 March 2013 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2014 World Cup qualifier |
11. | 29 March 2017 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2018 World Cup qualifier |
12. | 3–0 |
Puerto Montt
Santiago Morning
Colo-Colo
Coquimbo Unido
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