What position does Paredes play in? Leandro Paredes: biography, career and personal life. Transfer to Empoli
The young Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes is familiar to many football fans, especially Russian football. After all, he has been defending the colors of St. Petersburg Zenit for a whole year already. During his career, he changed several clubs, and managed to prove himself in each. However, we can talk about this in a little more detail.
early years
At the age of six, Leandro Paredes entered the football school at the Argentine club Boca Juniors, where he then played until 2014.
In 2010, he moved from the youth team to the main team. In November, on the 6th, his debut took place. It was a game against Argentinos Juniors. The young man came on as a substitute for Lucas Viatri 7 minutes before the end of the match.
Two years later, the young midfielder scored his first goal. Then, in the same match, which took place against FC San Lorenzo, he sent the second goal into the opponents’ goal.
It is interesting that at the beginning of his career the football player acted closer to the attack. Largely because he looked up to Juan Roman Riquelme, his favorite player. By the way, Leandro Paredes received the nickname “Heir” for this very reason. Many saw him as a replacement for Riquelme.
However, the young man did not play often. In almost four years in the main team, he played only 28 matches and scored 5 goals. But they managed to notice him. Leandro received an offer from Roma, but the deal did not take place immediately - the Romans had exhausted their quota for the purchase of players who did not have an EU passport. However, the Italian club decided not to give up. They carried out the deal in transit through FC Chievo.
Career at Roma
Continuing to consider the biography of Leandro Paredes, it should be noted that even though he was bought by the Roman team in fact, he still played for Chievo once. He was released as a replacement for Cyril Thero in the match against Torino.
However, already in July 2014, he went to Rome for a year and a half with the right to buy out the contract. He scored his first goal against FC Cagliari.
In total, footballer Leandro Paredes played 27 matches for the “yellow-red” (a total of 423 minutes) and scored three goals. Despite the fact that he spent little time on the field, Roma bought the contract from Boca Juniors for the amount of 4,500,000 euros.
Transfer to Empoli
In 2015, Leandro was loaned to another Italian club for one season. He joined Empoli on August 26. In one year, he played 33 matches and scored 2 goals (the first in the game against Udinese).
The team was going through a difficult time back then. Together with the head coach, the most important players left the club - Valdifiori, Hysaj, Rugani. The team was led by Marco Giampaolo, and he did not change the playing system.
This had the best effect on Paredes' career. For the first time, he went deep into the central diamond, beginning to serve as a point guard.
He quickly adapted to his new position. Since he was an attacker in the past, he had no problem escaping pressure by dribbling. And his excellent field vision allowed him to become the Serie A leader in assists. That season, Leandro Paredes became a main player in the squad, but his loan came to an end and he had to return to Rome.
Back to Roma
Leandro returned to the field in the Champions League match in which his team competed with Porto. He continued to impress with his play, and in March 2017 he was already perceived by everyone as a full-time set piece taker at the Roman club.
Largely thanks to him, as well as the leadership of Marco Giampaolo, the Romans became the main sensation of the first half of Serie A. Leandro played the role of a playmaker in front of the defense.
He fits well into the 4-3-1-2 formation. Moreover, it was then that he was able to fully realize all his skills. But Paredes has a lot of them: he takes set pieces perfectly, controls the ball well, makes excellent average passes, and has excellent vision of the field.
Moving to Russia
In the summer of 2017, it became known that Zenit St. Petersburg bought the talented midfielder. The agreement is for four years. The Russian club paid 23 million euros for him! In addition, the Romans can still be paid 4 million for the player’s successful performances.
At Zenit, Leandro Paredes often appears on the field. He has already played 33 matches and scored 5 goals. It is not surprising that already in October 2017 he was awarded the title of best football player of the month.
I must say that the Argentine midfielder’s goals are interesting. Just look at the goal in the match against Arsenal, when he sent the ball into the opponent’s goal from a direct corner kick! Surely there will be many more such spectacular moments ahead.
In one of his interviews, Leandro said that at first he was even a little scared to move to Russia. But, as he himself assures, these turned out to be in vain. Yes, the Argentine had difficulty adapting to the Russian language, but the player received great respect from fans and teammates, which outweighed this small minus.
Paredes assures that he likes life in Russia. And the fact that he plays in a strong team allows him to have even more fun.
What can be said about the personal life of Leandro Paredes? The Argentine midfielder is married to Camila Galante, with whom he has two children - a son and a daughter. It is interesting that they have been in a relationship for more than 7 years, but they got married quite recently - at the end of 2017.
The Argentinean proposed in St. Petersburg. By the way, in one of his interviews he said that Camilla knows much more about Russia than he does. The young people got married in Buenos Aires - it was a very modest ceremony, judging by the photographs. Now the whole Paredes family lives happily in St. Petersburg.
Leandro is not going to leave Zenit - he says that he considers it his task to improve the club's performance. In addition, the St. Petersburg club really gives him a lot of playing time, which is very important for a football player.
Roma* The number of games and goals for a professional club is calculated only for the various national championship leagues, corrected as of January 8, 2015.
** Number of games and goals for the national team in official matches, adjusted according to status
as of January 8, 2015.
Leandro Daniel Paredes(Spanish) Leandro Daniel Paredes ; June 29, 1994, San Justo, Argentina) is an Argentine football player for the club Roma. Plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Leandro Paredes is a graduate of the Boca Juniors club. He made his debut in the first team on November 6, 2010 in a match against Argentinos Juniors, replacing Lucas Viatri 7 minutes before the end of the match. On November 3, 2012, in a match with San Lorenzo, the midfielder scored the first goal in his professional career. Later in the match, Paredes scored the second goal, converting a pass from Guillermo Fernandez. As part of Boca, the footballer became the champion of Argentina and the winner of the country's cup.
In January 2014, Leandro Paredes was loaned to Italian club Chievo. The Argentine played for the “flying donkeys” only once: on May 4, during the match with Torino, he replaced Cyril Thero on the field. In July 2014, the midfielder (also on loan) moved to Roma.
Statistics
Accessed September 4, 2014.| Club | Season | League | cups | Continental cups |
Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2010/11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011/12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012/13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2013/14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total for Boca Juniors | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| Chievo | 2010/11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Total career | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |
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7 minutes before the end of the meeting. On November 3, 2012, in a match with San Lorenzo, the midfielder scored the first goal in his professional career. Later in the match, Paredes scored the second goal, converting a pass from Guillermo Fernandez. In his youth, Leo preferred to play closer to the attack, also because one of his favorite players was Juan Roman Riquelme. Paredes received the nickname “Heir” from Boca fans: they saw the young midfielder as a replacement for the veteran Riquelme. In 2011, Paredes formally became the champion of Argentina, but until the second half of 2012 he appeared on the field only sporadically. In just over three years at Boca, he played only 28 matches (five goals), but managed to attract the attention of Roma. The Romans could not immediately buy the Argentinean, as they had exhausted the quota for football players from outside the European Union, so in January 2014 they made a deal in transit through Chievo.
As part of Boca, the footballer became the champion of Argentina and the winner of the country's cup.
Rent in Chievo
The Argentine played for the “flying donkeys” only once: on May 4, during the match with Torino, he replaced Cyril Thero on the field.
"Roma"
In July 2014, the midfielder moved to Roma on loan for a period of 18 months with the right to buy out the contract. The first goal was scored against Cagliari in the 22nd round of the 2014/15 season. Despite the small amount of time spent on the field for the “yellow-red” (423 minutes), Roma bought the contract from Boca Juniors for 4.5 million euros.
Rent in Empoli
On August 26, 2015, he was rented to Empoli for one season. The first goal was scored in the match against Udinese. The Tuscan club had a difficult time: head coach Maurizio Sarri was promoted, and important players left the team with him - Daniele Rugani, Elseid Hysaj, Mirko Valdifiori. The new Empoli coach Marco Giampaolo did not radically change the system of play: the Tuscans still played with a diamond in the center of the field. Paredes became one of the main figures in this formation. For the first time in his career, Leandro dropped into the depths - there the Argentine was supposed to replace Valdifiori, serving as a deep point guard.
Paredes adapted very quickly to his new position. Leo's attacking background allowed him to easily escape pressure by dribbling, and thanks to his excellent vision of the field, Paredes became one of the leaders in Serie A in the number of passes into the final third. In the 2015/16 season, Paredes became the main player of his team for the first time in his career (33 matches, two goals) and returned to Rome.
Return to Roma
"Zenith"
On July 1, 2017, he signed a contract with the Russian Zenit St. Petersburg, the agreement was for 4 years. The transfer amount is 23 million euros, Roma could also receive up to four million more as bonuses for successful performances. He made his debut in the match against the SKA-Khabarovsk club in the first round of the season