Franco Ezequiel Paredes (born 18 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for River Plate.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Ezequiel Paredes | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-18) 18 March 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | San Justo, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | River Plate | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2020 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | River Plate | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:41, 27 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Paredes joined River Plate in 2007.[3] He made the jump from academy to reserves in 2016, before making his breakthrough into the first-team under Marcelo Gallardo in February 2020.[4] Paredes was soon registered for the Copa Libertadores, 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.[2] In August, Paredes was loaned to fellow Primera División club Defensa y Justicia.[5][6] Hernán Crespo gave him his first appearance in the Libertadores too, as they lost away to Santos on 21 October.[2]
Paredes' cousin, Leandro, is also a professional footballer.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| River Plate | 2019–20 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||