Sergio Pardo


Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Playing career

As a child Pardo was with Juventud San Rafael, then he joined Colo-Colo where he coincided with successful players such as and Leonel Herrera 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.
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. He won the titles of both the first and the second level of the [Football in Guatemala|Guatemalan association football|football league system] along with Aurora FC and Deportivo Pensamiento, respectively. He also had a stint with CD Santiagueño in El Salvador.

Coaching career

Pardo has had an extensive career, mainly in Guatemala. 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, with whom he won the Copa de Guatemala.
In Guatemala, he has coached important clubs such as Xelajú, CSD Sacachispas, Deportivo Coatepeque, Deportivo Zacapa, Universidad SC, Heredia, among others. He has reached better seasons along with Deportivo Zacapa and Heredia,
As an anecdote, he has coached some Chilean players in the Guatemalan football such as Claudio Chavarría, Fabián Muñoz and Héctor Suazo.
He also had a stint with Belizean club Real Verdes.
In 2019, he retired from the activity due to the fact that he suffered a heart attack while he worked for Deportivo Achuapa. After being operated on, he joined Universidad SC. In 2021, he returned to Deportivo Achuapa.

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.

Personal life

Pardo is known by his nickname Chico Pardo.
He married Verónica Ordóñez, daughter of the former president of Deportivo Zacapa, David Alfonso Ordóñez Bardales, and has five children.
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.

Honours

Player

Aurora FC
Deportivo Pensamiento

Manager

Deportivo Amatitlán