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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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Entrevista: Sergio Pardo (DT)". PeloterosCM (in Spanish). 30 January 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ 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.

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