Esteban Paredes


Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Chilean club Colo-Colo as a forward.
Paredes has been the first one player to be five-time Primera División de Chile top goalscorer and has scored 286 league goals in his career, highlighting his 217–Primera División de Chile goals record who allowed him being the all time top goalscorer of Chilean first-tier tournaments history. On October 5, 2019, he achieved the record surpassing Francisco Valdés in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.
He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup, 2010, 2014, and one Copa América, in 2011.

Club career

Santiago Morning: 2000–2009

Beginnings: 2000–2001

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

Loan to Puerto Montt: 2002

Return to Morning: 2003

2004 loan spells

Consecration: 2005–2006

Loan to Cobreloa

Consecration: 2008–2009

First spell at Colo-Colo: 2009–2012

Seasons under Hugo Tocalli

2009 Clausura successful
In 2009, he joined Chilean giants Colo-Colo signing a three-year contract. That season Paredes was an undisputed player and helped the team to win the Torneo Clausura, where was a key player in the final against Universidad Católica scoring two remembered goals to Paulo Garcés.
2010 Championship first part

Diego Cagna: 2010–2011

Failure against Católica
2011 Apertura's complex beginning

Irregular seasons: 2011–2012

Luis Pérez's first caretaking
Américo Gallego
Luis Pérez's second caretaking
Ivo Basay
Luis Pérez's Third caretaking

Mexican football: 2012–2013

Atlante

Querétaro

Return to Colo-Colo

International career

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 August 2009Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark1–02–1Friendly
2.4 November 2009CAP Stadium, Talcahuano, Chile2–12–1Friendly
3.19 November 2009Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia2–12–1Friendly
4.20 January 2010Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile1–02–1Friendly
5.20 January 2010Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile2–02–1Friendly
6.30 May 2010Estadio Nelson Oyarzún, Chillán, Chile1–01–0Friendly
7.23 January 2011The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, United States1–01–1Friendly
8.4 July 2011Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan, Argentina1–12–12011 Copa América
9.21 March 2012Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica, Chile1–03–1Friendly
10.26 March 2013Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile1–02–02014 World Cup qualifier
11.29 March 2017Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile2–03–12018 World Cup qualifier
12.29 March 2017Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile3–03–12018 World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

;Puerto Montt
;Santiago Morning
;Colo-Colo