Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela | ||
| Date of birth | 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
editAs a child Pardo was with Juventud San Rafael, then he joined Colo-Colo where he coincided with successful players such as Manuel Loco Araya [es] 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
editHe 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
editIn 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
editPardo 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
editPlayer
editAurora FC
Deportivo Pensamiento
- Liga Mayor B: 1980
Manager
editDeportivo Amatitlán
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Entrevista: Sergio Pardo (DT)". PeloterosCM (in Spanish). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Paz, Alberto (8 May 2019). "Pardo, un chileno muy chapín". Guatefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Coyoy, Alexander (24 March 2015). "Chileno Sergio Pardo confirmado nuevo técnico de Coatepeque". PrensaLibre (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ CHICO PARDO A CASI UN AÑO DE LA CIRUGÍA DE CORAZÓN ABIERTO. Fútbol de Primera División Guatemala on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "Chileno Sergio "Chico" Pardo dirigirá Deportivo Achuapa". La Red (in Spanish). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ a b "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.
External links
edit- Sergio Pardo at Soccerway
- Sergio Pardo at WorldFootball.net
- Sergio Pardo at PlaymakerStats
- Sergio Pardo on Twitter