Juan Carlos Paredes Reasco (born 8 July 1987) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Club Sport Emelec of the Ecuadorian Serie A.
A full international for the Ecuador national team since 2010, he has gained over 40 caps and represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
A full international for the Ecuador national team since 2010, he has gained over 40 caps and represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Paredes is a skillful player who started playing for Huracán SC. He was sought by Guayaquil's Barcelona a year later and signed a contract with them.
He then moved on to Deportivo Cuenca and was loaned out to Rocafuerte of Ecuador's third division. He helped the team gain promotion to the second division for the 2008–2009 season.
He then came back to where he started as the new reinforcement for Cuenca's Copa Libertadores campaign. He has been linked for a move to Serie A. In 2010 he moved to Deportivo Quito.
Paredes was bought off by Deportivo Quito, where he played a few Copa Libertadores games and eventually ended up becoming Champions of the Ecuadorian Serie A in 2011, defeating Emelec in Home and Away finals.