{"id":923426,"date":"2026-10-07T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923426\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T01:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T01:12:12","slug":"stampeders-kicker-rene-paredes-to-retire-after-2026-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923426\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes to retire after 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Stampeders announced Tuesday that kicker Rene Paredes, a two-time Grey Cup champion and five-time CFL all-star, will retire at the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Paredes, who signed with Calgary as a free agent in 2011, has spent his entire 15-year career with the club to become the longest-serving active player on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>He ranks second in franchise history in seasons played, games played (currently 253), points (2,535), field goals (649) and converts (547).<\/p>\n<p>Paredes has connected on 87.7 per cent of his career field-goal attempts and 94.6 per cent of his converts while adding 59 singles.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old from Caracas, Venezuela, was named the league\u2019s outstanding special teams player in 2013 and helped Calgary win Grey Cups in 2014 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>His final regular-season game will be Oct. 17 at McMahon Stadium against the B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis wasn\u2019t easy, but I\u2019ve made the decision that this season will be my last,\u201d Paredes said in a statement from the team. \u201cPlaying for the city of Calgary has been such an honour, and I cannot wait to finish the year strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back on my journey, there is so much to be grateful for. I look forward to properly thanking those who have made an impact on my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791335532_36_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Stampeders announced Tuesday that kicker Rene Paredes, a two-time Grey Cup champion and five-time CFL all-star,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-923426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}