Juan Ramón Paredes

Juan Ramón Paredes
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Paredes Zelaya
Date of birth	23 May 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth	Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Lincoln
	Rácing Jr.
	El Salvador de San Francisco
1980–1984	Salvadoreño
1985–1986	New York Eagles
Managerial career
1980	ADET
	Quequeisque
1986–1987	Apopa
1987–1989	UES
1989–1993	Atlético Marte
1995	Águila
1993–1994	Dragón
1995–2000	Águila
2000–2002	Alianza
2002–2003	El Salvador Olympic
2002–2004	El Salvador
2004	San Salvador
2005–2006	Independiente Nacional 1906
2008	Once Municipal
2008–2009	Águila San Isidro
2009	Fuerte Aguilares
2010	Municipal Limeño
2010–2011	Atlético Marte
2012	Alianza
2014–2015	Atlético Marte (assistant)
2015–2016	Marte Soyapango
2016	San Rafael Cedros
2017	Platense
2018	El Roble
2018	Brujos de Izalco
2018	Sonsonate (technical advisor)
2021	AD Destroyer
2023-Present	Cangrejera FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Ramón Paredes Zelaya (born 23 May 1950) is a former

football player and currently the manager of Cangrejera FC of the Tercera Division.^[1]

Coaching career

Alianza

He became the coach of Alianza at the beginning of 2000 season, he went on to win the Apertura 2001 in the process becoming the first and so far only Salvadoran to win a title with Alianza as coach. He took the team to several final series before quitting the club to become coach of the El Salvador national team.

Paredes led the El Salvador team to the Central American and Caribbean titles in 2002.

He quit as manager of

Independiente Nacional 1906 in September 2006.^[2]

Once Municipal

Juan Ramón Paredes was signed as coach of

Once Municipal after only 8 matches in charge with only 3 draws and 5 losses to show for it (including a 5–2 defeat against Isidro Metapán). Paredes resigned as coach on 27 April.^[3]

Other Coaching Duties

In October 2009 he replaced Victor Girón at

Second division side Municipal Limeño for the remainder of the 2010 Clausura season.^[5] In October 2010 he joined Atlético Marte, replacing Luis Guevara Mora who was moved upstairs to become Director of Sports.^[6]

Alianza

Paredes has been given again coaching duties in Alianza after the team losing the clásico against Águila at home. Paredes is replacing interim coach Cárcamo Batres.