Chilean footballer and manager (born 1948)
In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Pardo and the second or maternal family name is
Valenzuela.
Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder.
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 [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
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
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