Pepe Paredes committed himself to Levante during the summer of 1956. It was the beginning of a productive and enriching entente.
The Blue and Reds were returning to the Silver Division and were trying to find an alliance with the goal. His fame as a goalscorer in the regional football context became his main endorsement.
The document shows the federative contract that linked the destinies of the striker from Albal and the Vallejo company. The signature is dated 3 September 1956 in the city of Valencia.
Antonio Román, as president, and the player himself signed an agreement that made the epitome of goalscoring a Blue and Whites’ player for the next three seasons. The relationship was extended until 30 June 1959, as highlighted in the ninth clause of the agreement, and an indeterminate type of contract was established between the parties. This section determined that Levante had the legal capacity to extend the contractual margins if it considered it convenient at the end of the established agreement. The documentation presents the amounts stipulated in terms of the signing fee and the monthly salary that the attacker would receive.
It also had an impact on the chapter referring to premiums, although there was no materialization when establishing that it would collect those consigned by regulation by the institution. Vicente Pla Paredes acted as witness. Paredes monopolized the goal during his stay in the granota ranks. It was a constant in his stay as a granota player. In fact, he was anointed with the status of top scorer in Group II of the Second Division at the end of the 1959-1960 season with the sum of 25 goals. His rise in the Silver category led to his becoming the object of desire for entities located in higher strata.
On 3 May 1960, he revoked the ties that kept him linked to Levante. A few days later he committed himself to Valencia C.F. The anorexic Granotas coffers were fattened with the sum of one million pesetas and the possibility of increasing that amount by playing a friendly match against the Mestalla club.
At that time, he defended the shield of the Spanish B team. He had already signed for the Valencianista team, although the merits he had earned were due to his time with Vallejo.