Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean

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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 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

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, Lister Rossel and

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. After the

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, he moved to Guatemala and played for Aurora FC, Deportivo Zacapa, Universidad SC,

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and Deportivo Pensamiento, what was his last club. 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.

Coaching career

He has had an extensive career, mainly in Guatemala. He made his debut coaching

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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

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, with whom he won the Copa de Guatemala. In Guatemala he has coached important clubs such as

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, CSD Sacachispas,

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, 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

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. 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

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on 6 September of the same year.

Personal life

Pardo is known by his nickname ''Chico Pardo'' (Little 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

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and for Julio Verne School. In the United States, he also worked for a bakery and as a stone seller.

Honours

Player

Aurora FC * Liga Nacional de Fútbol: Deportivo Pensamiento * Liga Mayor B: 1980

Manager

Deportivo Amatitlán * Copa de Guatemala:

References

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