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

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. His style of play led the Paraguayan media to call him the "Master 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 sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and mos ...

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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

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for €4.8million (Porto retained 25% rights to receive future transfer revenue of Reggina received). In 2006 Paredes moved to

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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. Currently, he is the team captain and undisputed leader on the field. He has scored two goals in the first three games of the Apertura tournament. In 2009 Paredes moved to

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due to not featuring in the plans of former coach Gregorio Perez for the 2009 Clausura Tournament. In 2010 Paredes moved to

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and to Olimpia in the following year, where is he is currently one of the team captains.

International career

Paredes played in three

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s for

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and 2006, 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):

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;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 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