José Antonio Paradela
Defender · Cruz Azul · №20
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Cruz Azul
Santos Laguna
Liga MX
|
1:0 | |
Necaxa
Cruz Azul
Liga MX
|
1:3 | |
Club Tijuana
Cruz Azul
Liga MX
|
2:1 | |
Cruz Azul
New York City FC
Leagues Cup
|
2:1 | |
Cruz Azul
Philadelphia Union
Leagues Cup
|
1:0 | |
Cruz Azul
Puebla
Liga MX
|
2:1 | |
Atletico San Luis
Cruz Azul
Liga MX
|
2:3 | |
|
Cruz Azul
Club Tijuana
Liga MX
|
1:1 | |
Los Angeles FC
Cruz Azul
CONCACAF Champions League
|
1:1 | |
Club América
Cruz Azul
Liga MX
|
1:1 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Liga MX | 2025 | 10 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | 2026 | 5 |
| Liga MX | 2026 | 5 |
| Leagues Cup | 2026 | 2 |
About the player
José Antonio Paradela's move to Mexico began as a loan and ended up rewriting his career. Over 56 appearances he scored 16 goals and set up 18 more.
Before any of that, Paradela arrived at River Plate in 2021 from Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, a transfer worth 2.8 million US dollars that also meant giving up part of his economic rights. A 2023 loan to Tigre, where he scored once in 14 matches, was a way to find playing time. Even so, he was part of the group that won the Liga Profesional in 2021 and the Trofeo de Campeones the same year, and picked up the Copa de la Liga Profesional in 2023.
His path started far from the big Argentine clubs, in the small town of Quiroga, through the academy of Club Atlético Quiroga and then Rivadavia, where he played 38 games in the fourth tier before Gimnasia signed him in 2018.
Cruz Azul paid roughly 10.5 million US dollars to sign him in July 2025, tying him to a contract through June 2029.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Cruz Azul 64 matches
- 2024 — 2025 Club Necaxa 56 matches
- 2020 — 2023 River Plate 86 matches
- 2023 Club Atlético Tigre 14 matches
- 2019 — 2020 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 27 matches
- 2020 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata II 1 match
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Cruz Azul | Liga MX Apertura | 6 | 0 | 2 | 474 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | Liga MX Clausura | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 166 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | Liga MX Apertura | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 347 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | Liguilla Clausura | 6 | 1 | 2 | 443 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | CONCACAF Champions Cup | 6 | 2 | 0 | 406 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | Liguilla Apertura | 4 | 0 | 0 | 297 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | Campeón de Campeones | 1 | 2 | 1 | 79 |
| 25/26 | Cruz Azul | FIFA Intercontinental Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| 24/25 | Club Necaxa | Liga MX Apertura | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 381 |
| 24/25 | Club Necaxa | Liga MX Clausura | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 510 |
| 24/25 | Club Necaxa | Liguilla Clausura | 2 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
| 23/24 | Club Necaxa | Liga MX Clausura | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 219 |
| 23/24 | Club Necaxa | Liguilla Clausura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| 2026 | Cruz Azul | Leagues Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 270 |
| 2025 | Cruz Azul | Leagues Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 191 |
| 2024 | Club Necaxa | Leagues Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 270 |
| 2023 | River Plate | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 028 |
| 2023 | Club Atlético Tigre | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 152 |
| 2023 | River Plate | Copa Libertadores | 5 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
| 2023 | River Plate | Copa Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | River Plate | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 15 | 1 | 2 | 524 |
| 2022 | River Plate | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 181 |
| 2022 | River Plate | Copa Libertadores | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 2022 | River Plate | Copa Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 | River Plate | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 370 |
| 2021 | River Plate | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 176 |
| 2021 | River Plate | Copa Libertadores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
| 2021 | River Plate | Copa de la Liga Profesional - Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2021 | River Plate | Trofeo de Campeones Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| 2020 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Copa de la Liga Profesional de Fútbol (- 23/24) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
| 2020 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Copa de la Liga Profesional - Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 2020 | River Plate | Copa Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2020 | River Plate | Trofeo de Campeones Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Copa Superliga (-19/20) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 19/20 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 076 |
| 19/20 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata II | Copa LPF Proyección Apertura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 18/19 | Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Professional Football League (- 23/24) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | River Plate | 86 | 7 | 4 | 3 025 | |
| Total | Cruz Azul | 64 | 16 | 14 | 4 746 | |
| Total | Club Necaxa | 56 | 16 | 18 | 4 740 |
Transfers
Transfers- 25/26 Necaxa Cruz Azul €10.27M
- 24/25 River Plate Necaxa €1.92M
- 24/25 Necaxa River Plate
- 23/24 River Plate Necaxa €184.80K
- 23/24 Tigre River Plate
- 23/24 River Plate Tigre
- 20/21 Gimnasia River Plate €2.31M
- 19/20 Gimnasia II Gimnasia
- 18/19 Rivadavia Gimnasia II
- 16/17 Rivadavia II Rivadavia
