Carlos Humberto Paredes Monges (; born 16 July 1976) is a Paraguayan coach and former

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. He is the current manager of Independiente FBC. 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

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with the

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Career

Paredes started his career in

Club Olimpia Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Fou ...

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

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

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where he won the

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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). In 2006 Paredes moved to

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

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. He became the team captain and undisputed leader on the field. He 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 he became one of the team captains.

International career

Paredes played in three

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s for

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

and

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, reaching the Round of 16 in two of them.

Honours

Club

;Olimpia * Primera División (6): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011 Clausara ;Porto *

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(1): 2000–01 *

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(1):

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

;Sporting CP *

(1): 2006–07

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Carlos 1976 births Living people Paraguayan men's footballers Club Olimpia footballers FC Porto players AS Reggina 1914 players Sporting CP footballers Primeira Liga players Serie A players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Paraguay men's international footballers 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1999 Copa América players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 Copa América players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football midfielders Guaireña F.C. managers Independiente F.B.C. managers Tacuary managers Sportivo Luqueño managers Footballers from Asunción 21st-century Paraguayan sportsmen