| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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]
Pardo 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]
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]
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]
Aurora FC
Deportivo Pensamiento
Deportivo Amatitlán