Carlos Humberto Paredes Monges (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto paˈɾeðes ˈmoŋɡes]; born 16 July 1976) is a Paraguayan coach and former footballer. He is the current manager of Independiente FBC.
His style of play led the Paraguayan media to call him the "Sir of the Midfield". Paredes played defensive midfield, though he could also play as centre-forward, being a lethal header. He also had exceptional leadership capabilities on the field, where he was constantly marshalling instructions to the rest of the team.
His first major competition as a coach was the 2016 Toulon Tournament with the Paraguay national under-23 football team.
Paredes started his career in Club Olimpia of Paraguay in 1995, winning five national championships and becoming the youngest captain in the club's history at the age of 20. In 2000, he moved to FC Porto of Portugal where he won the Cup of Portugal in the 2000/2001 season. In 2002, he was transferred to Reggina for €4.8million (Porto retained 25% rights to receive future transfer revenue of Reggina received). In 2006 Paredes moved to Sporting Clube de Portugal where he was allowed very little game time. In January 2008 his contract was terminated by Sporting.
Paredes returned to Paraguay in 2008 to play for the team he first played for, Olimpia. He became the team captain and undisputed leader on the field. He scored two goals in the first three games of the Apertura tournament. In 2009 Paredes moved to Rubio Ñú due to not featuring in the plans of former coach Gregorio Perez for the 2009 Clausura Tournament. In 2010 Paredes moved to Sportivo Luqueño and to Olimpia in the following year, where he became one of the team captains.
Paredes played in three FIFA World Cups for Paraguay: 1998, 2002 and 2006, reaching the Round of 16 in two of them.
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paredes goal.
Primera División (6): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011 Clausara
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (1): 2001
Carlos Paredes at National-Football-Teams.com
Paredes Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-09-06)