| Franco Paredes | |
| Fullname: | Franco Ezequiel Paredes |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | San Justo, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.76 m[1] |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Sarmiento (on loan from River Plate) |
| Clubnumber: | 32 |
| Youthyears1: | 2007–2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | River Plate |
| Years1: | 2020– |
| Clubs1: | River Plate |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Racing de Montevideo (loan) |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | → Sarmiento (loan) |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 12:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC) |
Franco Ezequiel Paredes (born 18 March 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sarmiento, on loan from River Plate.[2]
Paredes joined River Plate in 2007.[3] He made the jump from academy to reserves in 2016, before making his breakthrough into the first-team under Marcelo Gallardo in February 2020.[4] Paredes was soon registered for the Copa Libertadores, a competition that would see him make his senior debut in on 4 March 2020 against L.D.U. Quito; he played the full duration as River lost 3–0, with ten men, in Group D.[2] In August, Paredes was loaned to fellow Primera División club Defensa y Justicia.[5] [6] Hernán Crespo gave him his first appearance in the Libertadores too, as they lost away to Santos on 21 October.[2]
Paredes' cousin, Leandro, is also a professional footballer.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| River Plate | 2019–20 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[8] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 2020–21 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||