Sergio Pardo

Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pardo and the second or maternal family name is Valenzuela.
Sergio Pardo
Personal information
Full name Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela
Date of birth (1948-02-24) 24 February 1948
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Juventud San Rafael
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colo-Colo
Deportes Ovalle
Lister Rossel
Naval
Aurora FC
Deportivo Zacapa
CD Santiagueño
Universidad SC
Juventud Retalteca
Deportivo Pensamiento
Managerial career
1984–1986 Tipografía Nacional
Dely Soccer
1996 Deportivo Amatitlán
Deportivo Azucareros
Xelajú
CSD Sacachispas
CD Ipala
Real Verdes
Sanarate FC
Deportivo Jocotán
Deportivo San Benito
2008–2009 Deportivo Zacapa
Universidad SC
EMEFUT (youth)
2009 Peñarol La Mesilla
Deportivo Coatepeque
2010–2011 Heredia
2012 Deportivo Zacapa
2012–2013 Deportivo Mictlán
2013 Guatemala
2014–2015 Deportivo Mixco
2015 Deportivo Coatepeque
2015–2016 Deportivo Jocotán
2016–2017 Deportivo Marquense
2017 Deportivo Carchá
2018 Deportivo Marquense
2019 Deportivo Achuapa
2019–2020 Universidad SC
2021 Deportivo Achuapa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a child Pardo was with Juventud San Rafael, then he joined Colo-Colo where he coincided with successful players such as Manuel Loco Araya and Leonel Herrera[1] and made his professional debut in a match against O'Higgins at the age of 18. In Chile he also played for Deportes Ovalle, Lister Rossel and Naval.[2]

After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he moved to Guatemala and played for Aurora FC, Deportivo Zacapa, Universidad SC, Juventud Retalteca and Deportivo Pensamiento, what was his last club.[2] He won the titles of both the first and the second level of the Guatemalan football league system along with Aurora FC (1975) and Deportivo Pensamiento (1980), respectively. He also had a stint with CD Santiagueño in El Salvador.[1]

Coaching career

He has had an extensive career, mainly in Guatemala.[3] He made his debut coaching Tipografía Nacional from 1984 to 1986. After a brief stint with Dely, a soccer team from the United States, he returned to Guatemala in 1996 to coach Deportivo Amatitlán,[1] with whom he won the Copa de Guatemala.[2]

In Guatemala he has coached important clubs such as Xelajú, CSD Sacachispas, Deportivo Coatepeque,[4] Deportivo Zacapa, Universidad SC, Heredia,[5] among others. He has reached better seasons along with Deportivo Zacapa and Heredia,[1]

As an anecdote, he has coached some Chilean players in the Guatemalan football such as Claudio Chavarría, Fabián Muñoz and Héctor Suazo.[1]

He also had a stint with Belizean club Real Verdes.[2]

In 2019, he retired from the activity due to the fact that he suffered a heart attack while he worked for Deportivo Achuapa.[6] After being operated on, he joined Universidad SC.[7] In 2021, he returned to Deportivo Achuapa.[8]

National team

In August 2013, he assumed as manager of the Guatemala national team for the friendly match against Japan on 6 September of the same year.[9]

Personal life

Pardo is known by his nickname Chico Pardo (Little Pardo).[9]

He married Verónica Ordóñez, daughter of the former president of Deportivo Zacapa, David Alfonso Ordóñez Bardales, and has five children.[2]

After his first experience as manager of Tipografía Nacional, he worked as a sport teacher for different departments of Armed Forces of Guatemala and for Julio Verne School. In the United States, he also worked for a bakery and as a stone seller.[1]

Honours

Player

Aurora FC

Deportivo Pensamiento

Manager

Deportivo Amatitlán

References
  1. "Entrevista: Sergio Pardo (DT)". PeloterosCM (in Spanish). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. Paz, Alberto (8 May 2019). "Pardo, un chileno muy chapín". Guatefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. "Conoce a Sergio Pardo, el chileno que será el técnico de la Selección de Guatemala" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. Coyoy, Alexander (24 March 2015). "Chileno Sergio Pardo confirmado nuevo técnico de Coatepeque". PrensaLibre (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. "Técnico chileno Sergio Pardo renunció a su club en el fútbol de Guatemala". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. Olea, Nicolás (6 May 2019). "Preocupación: Eterno entrenador chileno en Guatemala se retira del fútbol por riesgo de infarto". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  7. CHICO PARDO A CASI UN AÑO DE LA CIRUGÍA DE CORAZÓN ABIERTO. Fútbol de Primera División Guatemala on Facebook (in Spanish)
  8. "Chileno Sergio "Chico" Pardo dirigirá Deportivo Achuapa". La Red (in Spanish). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  9. "Sergio Pardo dirigirá a la Selección Nacional". PrensaLibre (in Spanish). 7 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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