Leandro Paredes
Leandro Daniel Paredes (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈandɾo paˈɾeðes]; born 29 June 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentina national team.
![]() Paredes in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Leandro Daniel Paredes | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 June 1994 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Justo, Argentina | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2010 | Boca Juniors | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2010–2015 | Boca Juniors | 28 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2014 | → Chievo (loan) | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | → Roma (loan) | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Roma | 27 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Empoli (loan) | 33 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 43 | (7) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Paris Saint-Germain | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Argentina U17 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2017– | Argentina | 27 | (3) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2020 |
Career
Boca Juniors
Paredes made his league debut for Boca Juniors in a 2–0 away defeat to Argentinos Juniors on 6 November 2010. On 29 January 2014, he joined Italian Serie A outfit Chievo Verona for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[1]
Roma
It was revealed that Roma agreed to sign Paredes from Boca Juniors on loan with a reported €4.5 million pre-set price, however Roma ran out of non-EU registration quota for international transfer. He was signed by Chievo instead.[2]
On 19 July 2014 Paredes joined Roma in a temporary deal, with an option to buy outright from Boca Juniors.[3] On 27 September 2014, Paredes made his Roma debut, as a second-half substitute in the 2–0 win against Hellas Verona.[4] On 8 February 2015, Paredes scored his first Roma goal in the club's 2–1 victory against Cagliari.[5] In June 2015, Roma signed Paredes for €6.067 million.[6]
Zenit Saint Petersburg
On 1 July 2017, Zenit announced the signing of Paredes on a four-year contract. The fee was €23 million with a possible €4 million in add-ons.[7][8]
Paris Saint-Germain
On 29 January 2019, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Paredes on a four and-a-half year contract,[9] for an initial €40 million, potentially rising to €47 million.[10][11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 victory against Pau in the Coupe de France on 29 January 2020, exactly a year after signing for PSG, while wearing the captain's armband.[12]
International career
On 19 May 2017, Paredes received his first senior call-up by newly appointed coach Jorge Sampaoli for Argentina's friendlies against Brazil and Singapore in June.[13] He made his senior international debut in the match against Singapore on 13 June, helping Argentina to a 6–0 away win, and also marked his debut by scoring his first international goal.[14]
In May 2018, he was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[15] but did not make the final 23.[16] On 21 May 2019, Paredes was included in Lionel Scaloni's final 23-man Argentina squad for the 2019 Copa América.[17]
Personal life
On 2 September 2020, it was reported that Paredes, along with PSG teammates Neymar and Ángel Di María, tested positive for COVID-19. The French sports newspaper L'Équipe said that the three players reportedly went on vacation in Ibiza. As a result, they quarantined for one week, and the rest of the players and working staff took coronavirus tests within the same week.[18][19]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 16 January 2021.
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Boca Juniors | 2010–11 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | Argentine Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2012–13 | Argentine Primera División | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
2013–14 | Argentine Primera División | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
Chievo (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Roma (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie A | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Empoli (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
Roma | 2016–17 | Serie A | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | ||
Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 39 | 6 | ||
2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 22 | 4 | |||
Total | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 17 | 2 | — | 61 | 10 | ||||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 43 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 1 | ||
Career total | 185 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 247 | 22 |
- Appearance in Trophée des Champions
International goals
- Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.[20]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 June 2017 | National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | ![]() | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
2. | 10 September 2019 | Alamodome, San Antonio, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
3. | 13 October 2019 | Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–1 |
Honours
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Paris Saint-Germain
- Ligue 1: 2018–19, 2019–20[21]
- Coupe de France: 2019–20[22]
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2019–20
- Trophée des Champions: 2019,[23] 2020[24]
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20
Individual
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019[25]
References
- "Leandro Paredes coming to ChievoVerona". A.C. ChievoVerona. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- "Paredes «Il Boca? Esperienza bellissima»". L'Arena (in Italian). 12 February 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO LEANDRO DANIEL PAREDES" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "ROMA VS. HELLAS VERONA 2 - 0". Soccerway. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "CAGLIARI VS. ROMA 1 - 2". Soccerway. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- "Relazione Finanzaria Annuale Al 30 Giugno 2015" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- "Leandro Paredes joins Zenit". Zenit. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "Paredes sold outright to FC Zenit" (in Italian). AS Roma. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "Leandro Paredes au Paris Saint-Germain" [Leandro Paredes at Paris Saint-Germain] (in French). Paris Saint-Germain. 29 January 2019.
- "PSG confirm Paredes signing from Zenit". ESPN.com. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- "Zenit sells Leandro Paredes for 40 million euros. What is known about a possible agreement with PSG or Chelsea". tech2.org. Tech2. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019.
- Nemer, Roy (29 January 2020). "Leandro Paredes scores, Mauro Icardi assist in PSG win". mundoalbiceleste.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- Jamie Smith (19 May 2017). "Icardi's Argentina exile over, but Aguero misses out". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- "Singapore 0 Argentina 6: Dream debut for Gomez in Sampaoli's bold experiment". FourFourTwo. 2017-06-13. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
- "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Icardi cut from Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad". Goal. Perform Group. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- Creditor, Avi (21 May 2019). "Messi Leads Argentina's Copa America Squad; Icardi Omitted". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- "Sports news feed: Neymar tests positive for COVID-19 sources claim". DW News. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- "Report: Neymar among positive COVID-19 tests at PSG". NBC Sports. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- "L. Paredes". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue 1. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "PSG edge ASSE for Coupe de France win!". ligue1.com. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- "Mbappé and Di Maria Earn PSG First 2019-20 Trophy". www.ligue1.com. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- "Neymar and Icardi fire Pochettino to first title". www.ligue1.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- "El equipo ideal de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 9 July 2019.