Leandro Paredes

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

Leandro Paredes

Paredes in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Daniel Paredes
Date of birth	(1994-06-29) June 29, 1994
Place of birth	San Justo, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing 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	(10)
2019–	Paris Saint-Germain	33	(0)
National team^‡
2011	Argentina U17	6	(2)
2017–	Argentina	24	(3)
Honours Men's football Representing  Argentina Copa América 2019 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

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 is €23 million with possible future €4 million add-ons.[7][8]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 29 January 2019, French club 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]

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.[12] 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.[13]

In May 2018, he was named in Argentina’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia[14] but did not make the final 23.[15] On 21 May 2019, Paredes was included in Lionel Scaloni's final 23-man Argentina squad for the 2019 Copa América.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 August 2020

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	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		3	0	0	0	1	0	–		4	0
	2012–13		20	4	0	0	0	0	–		20	4
	2013–14		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		10	1	2	0	1	0	–		13	1
Empoli (loan)	2015–16		33	2	0	0	–		–		33	2
Roma	2016–17		27	3	4	0	10	0	–		41	3
	Total (2 spells)		37	4	6	0	11	0	–		54	4
Zenit St. Petersburg	2017–18	Russian Premier League	28	4	1	1	10	1	–		39	6
	2018–19		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	2	0	0	0	22	0
	2019–20		17	0	9	1	4	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	31	1
	Total		33	0	13	1	6	0	1	0	53	1
Career total			175	18	20	2	35	2	1	0	231	22

International

As of 18 November 2019

Argentina
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	2	1
2018	7	0
2019	15	2
Total	24	3

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first.[17]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 June 2017	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	4–0	6–0	Friendly
2.	10 September 2019	Alamodome, San Antonio, United States	Mexico	3–0	4–0	Friendly
3.	13 October 2019	Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, Alicante, Spain	Ecuador	3–0	6–1	Friendly

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2018–19

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1: 2018–19, 2019–20[18]
• Coupe de France: 2019–20[19]
• Trophée des Champions: 2019[20]

Individual

• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019[21]

Notes

1. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

References

1. "Leandro Paredes coming to ChievoVerona". A.C. ChievoVerona. 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
2. "Paredes «Il Boca? Esperienza bellissima»". L'Arena (in Italian). 12 February 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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.
6. "Relazione Finanzaria Annuale Al 30 Giugno 2015" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
7. "Leandro Paredes joins Zenit". Zenit. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
8. "Paredes sold outright to FC Zenit" (in Italian). AS Roma. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
9. "Leandro Paredes au Paris Saint-Germain" [Leandro Paredes at Paris Saint-Germain] (in French). Paris Saint-Germain. 29 January 2019.
10. "PSG confirm Paredes signing from Zenit". ESPN.com. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
11. "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.
12. Jamie Smith (19 May 2017). "Icardi's Argentina exile over, but Aguero misses out". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
13. "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.
14. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
15. "Icardi cut from Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad". Goal. Perform Group. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
16. Creditor, Avi (21 May 2019). "Messi Leads Argentina's Copa America Squad; Icardi Omitted". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
17. "L. Paredes". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
18. "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue 1. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
19. "PSG edge ASSE for Coupe de France win!". ligue1.com. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
20. "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.
21. "El equipo ideal de la CONMEBOL Copa América Brasil 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 9 July 2019.

External links

• Leandro Paredes at Soccerbase