José Antonio Pardo

José Antonio Pardo Lucas (born 21 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Indian Super League club East Bengal.

For other people with the same name, see José Pardo.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pardo and the second or maternal family name is Lucas.
José Antonio Pardo
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Pardo Lucas
Date of birth (1988-04-21) 21 April 1988
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 East Bengal
Number 4
Youth career
2005–2006 Valencia
2006–2008 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Villarreal C 26 (0)
2008–2009 Alicante B 15 (0)
2009–2010 Villajoyosa 33 (0)
2010–2012 Valencia B 57 (3)
2012–2013 Recreativo 8 (0)
2013–2014 Oviedo 33 (2)
2014–2015 Hércules 12 (0)
2015–2016 La Hoya Lorca 45 (3)
2016–2017 Mérida 33 (3)
2017–2020 Extremadura 91 (5)
2020–2021 Ibiza 17 (0)
2021–2022 Badajoz 34 (2)
2022–2023 Eldense 22 (0)
2023– East Bengal 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:19, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Valencia, Pardo played youth football with local Valencia CF and Villarreal CF, making his senior debuts with the latter's C-team. He played his first seasons in the lower leagues and his native region, representing Alicante CF B, Villajoyosa CF and Valencia CF Mestalla.

In August 2012, Pardo joined Recreativo de Huelva in a two-year deal.[1] He made his second division debut on 18 November, being one of two team players sent off in a 2–5 home loss against CE Sabadell FC.[2]

On 29 July 2013 Pardo signed with Real Oviedo, in the third level.[3] On 17 July of the following year he moved to fellow league team Hércules CF,[4] but halfway through the season he switched again to join La Hoya Lorca CF.[5]

Pardo moved to another team in the same division on 30 June 2016, Mérida AD.[6] A year later, he signed for their neighbours Extremadura UD,[7] where he scored the only goal of the aggregate win over FC Cartagena in the June 2018 playoffs to achieve their first promotion to the second level.[8][9]

Pardo subsequently resumed his career in the third division, representing UD Ibiza (also helping in a promotion to the second tier), CD Badajoz[10] and CD Eldense (also ending the season with a promotion to the second level).

References
  1. José Antonio Pardo, nueva incorporación del Decano (José Antonio Pardo, new signing of the Dean); Vavel, 31 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. La goleada arlequinada pudo ser mayor, lo evitó el larguero (Arquelinats routing could have been bigger, post prevented it); Marca, 18 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. El defensa José Antonio Pardo Lucas, nuevo fichaje del Real Oviedo (Defender José Antonio Lucas, new Real Oviedo signing); El Comercio, 29 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. El Hércules CF cierra un acuerdo con José Antonio Pardo que le une a la disciplina blanquiazul la temporada 2014/15 (Hércules CF reaches agreement with José Antonio Pardo which ties him to the blanquiazules for the 2014/15 campaign); Hércules' official website, 17 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. "Juanma se va al Jove, Pardo a La Hoya Lorca y hoy se acaba el plazo para fichar" [Juanma goes to Jove, Pardo to La Hoya Lorca and today the transfer window ends]. Diario de Información (in Spanish). 30 January 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  6. "El Mérida vuelve a sumar con Pardo" [Mérida add again with Pardo]. Hoy (in Spanish). 30 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. "José Pardo: "Vengo al Extremadura para cumplir el sueño de jugar los playoffs"" [José Pardo: "I'm coming to Extremadura to achieve my dream of playing in the playoffs"]. Marca (in Spanish). 12 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  8. "El Cartagena sale vivo de Almendralejo" [Cartagena leave Almendralejo alive]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 17 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. "Playoff de ascenso: El Extremadura, nuevo equipo de Segunda división" [Promotion play-off: Extremadura, new Segunda División team]. ABC (in Spanish). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  10. "Pardo, refuerza el eje de la zaga" [Pardo, bolsters the centre of the defense] (in Spanish). CD Badajoz. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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