Leandro Paredes

Leandro Daniel Paredes (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈandɾo paˈɾeðes]; born 29 June 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Argentina national team.

Leandro Paredes
Paredes with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name Leandro Daniel Paredes
Date of birth (1994-06-29) 29 June 1994
Place of birth San Justo, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive 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 69 (2)
National team‡
2011 Argentina U17 6 (2)
2017– Argentina 44 (4)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
2019 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:12, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

Club 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]

On 10 April 2021, Paredes scored his first Ligue 1 goal, a free-kick in a 4–1 win over Strasbourg.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

In May 2018, he was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[16] but did not make the final 23.[17] On 21 May 2019, Paredes was included in Lionel Scaloni's final 23-man Argentina squad for the 2019 Copa América.[18] Following Argentina's third-place achievement, Paredes was listed among the "Best XI" team of the tournament.[19]

In June 2021, he was included in Lionel Scaloni's final Argentina 28-man squad for the 2021 Copa América.[20] In the semi-finals of the competition, Argentina played against Colombia and the match eventually went into a penalty-shootout during which Paredes successfully converted his spot-kick to help Argentina progress to the final.[21]

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.[22][23]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2010–11 Argentine Primera División 1000———10
2011–12 Argentine Primera División 3000—10—40
2012–13 Argentine Primera División 20400—00—204
2013–14 Argentine Primera División 4100—00—41
Total 28500—10—295
Chievo (loan) 2013–14 Serie A 1000———10
Roma (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 10120—10—131
Empoli (loan) 2015–16 Serie A 33200———332
Roma 2016–17 Serie A 27340—100—413
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2017–18 Russian Premier League 28411—101—396
2018–19 Russian Premier League 15300—71—224
Total 43711—172—6110
Paris Saint-Germain 2018–19 Ligue 1 16040002000220
2019–20 Ligue 1 1705140601[lower-alpha 1]0331
2020–21 Ligue 1 21160—801[lower-alpha 1]0361
2021–22 Ligue 1 15120—5000221
Total 69217140210201133
Career total 21120242405022029124
  1. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International
As of match played 29 March 2022[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 201721
201870
2019152
202040
2021131
202230
Total444
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paredes goal.[24]
List of international goals scored by Leandro Paredes
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 June 2017National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Singapore4–06–0Friendly
210 September 2019Alamodome, San Antonio, United States Mexico3–04–0
313 October 2019Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain Ecuador3–06–1
48 June 2021Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia2–02–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Paris Saint-Germain

Argentina

Individual

References
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  3. "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.
  4. "ROMA VS. HELLAS VERONA 2 - 0". Soccerway. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. "CAGLIARI VS. ROMA 1 - 2". Soccerway. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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  29. "Mbappé and Di Maria Earn PSG First 2019-20 Trophy". ligue1.com. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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