Leandro Daniel Paredes (born 29 June 1994) is an Argentine national football player who plays as a midfielder for Juventus.
He started his professional career at Boca Juniors club in 2010. He then played for Chievo, Roma, Empoli, Zenit Saint Petersburg and Paris Saint-Germain clubs respectively.
Yes, we all know that he is part of the team that helped Argentina win the 2021 Copa America.
Leandro Daniel Paredes was born on June 29, 1994; They were 3 siblings. When he was only 3 years old, his favorite toy was his ball. At that age, they enrolled in a soccer school called La Justina. The family idol was Maradona; They wanted Leandro to be like Maradona.
The now midfielder Leandro was so shy as a child that he would never let anyone but his mother wash him. He had a middle-class family, neither very poor nor wealthy. The family used their financial strength for the education of their children.
Leandro's father is a native of Argentina, but his mother's family is of Paraguayan descent.
He was about 8 years old when he joined the Boca Juniors youth academy.
In 2010, at the age of 16, he was promoted to the A team. He made his Boca Juniors debut in a game against Argentinos Juniors on 6 November 2010. After playing in 27 more games, he was loaned to Chievo in 2014.
His stay in Chievo was short-lived and seven months later he went to Rome. However, the Italian club later sold him for a transfer fee of €6 million in 2015.
August 2022
Italian team Juventus signed Argentine football player Leandro Paredes from France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) team on loan with an option to buy.
Juventus Club announced that the purchase option of Paredes, which was on loan from PSG for a season, is 22.6 million euros.
The 28-year-old midfielder, who played for Boca Juniors, Roma, Empoli, and Zenit in his career, transferred to PSG in 2019.
Paredes, who played 117 games in PSG, had victories in three leagues and the French Super Cup, 2 French Cups, and a French League Cup.