Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla (born 1 August 1980) is a

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an former

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who played as a forward. Paredes is the first player to be five-time

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top goalscorer and has scored 286 league goals in his career, highlighting his 217–

goals record which allowed him to be the all time top goalscorer of Chilean first-tier tournaments history. On October 5, 2019, he achieved the record surpassing

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in a 3–2 win over

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in the

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Club career

He began his career at

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youth ranks and was promoted in 2000. In 2009, he joined Chilean giants

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on a three-year contract. That season, Paredes was an influential player and helped the team to win the Torneo Clausura. He was a key player in the final against Universidad Católica, scoring twice past Universidad Católica goalkeeper Paulo Garcés. In May 2022, after playing for Coquimbo Unido in the

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, and having scored 367 goals in his career, he announced his retirement as a professional footballer.

International career

Paredes represented his country in two World Cups, in

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and

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respectively, and at the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

Personal life

His son, Esteban Paredes Lastra, was with the

youth ranks and then moved to Palestino when his father left Colo-Colo. In August 2022, he joined TNT Sports Chile as the co-host of the cooking and talk show ''Sabor a Gol'' alongside the chef Tomás Olivera.

Career statistics

International

''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Puerto Montt *

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Santiago Morning * Primera B:

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Colo-Colo *

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: 2009–C, 2014–C, 2015–A, 2017–T * Copa Chile: 2016,

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* Supercopa de Chile:

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Coquimbo Unido * Primera B:

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Individual

* Primera B de Chile Top Scorer:

* Primera División de Chile Top Scorer (5): 2009–A, 2011–C, 2014–C, 2014–A, 2015–C * El Gráfico Ideal Team (4):

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, 2011,

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* ANFP Golden Ball Ideal Team (3): 2011,

* ANFP Golden Ball Golden Boot: 2011 * Liga MX Golden Boot (Shared): 2012–A * El Gráfico Golden Boot:

* ANFP Golden Ball Best Player:

* Copa Chile Top Scorer (2):

, 2016 * El Gráfico Best Copa Chile Player: 2016

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paredes, Esteban 1980 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Santiago Morning footballers Puerto Montt footballers Universidad de Concepción footballers Pachuca Juniors footballers Cobreloa footballers Colo-Colo footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Liga Premier de México players Liga MX players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Association football forwards