Esteban Paredes
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Paredes with Colo-Colo in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1980 | ||
| 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) |
| 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 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 surpassing Francisco Valdés in a 3–2 win over Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Superclásico.