Sebastián Eduardo Pardo Campos (born 1 January 1982) is a Chilean former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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.
Club career
Pardo was born in
Quillota
Quillota is a city located in the Aconcagua River valley in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It is the capital and largest city of Quillota Province, where many inhabitants live in the outlying farming areas of San Isidro, La Palma, Pococh ...
. He began his career at
Universidad de Chile
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Eredivisie
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's
Feyenoord
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in 2002–03, debuting on 10 September 2002, against
Excelsior Rotterdam
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(4–1 win), scoring his first goal for Feyenoord in that match. He was largely used as a backup at Feyenoord during the five years he spent there, and joined Excelsior in 2007–08.
In July 2008, he returned to Chile to play again for Universidad de Chile. On 9 June 2009, he announced his retirement from football, because of family problems.
International career
Pardo represented Chile at under-17 level in the
1999 South American Championship in Uruguay and Chile at under-20 level in both the
2001 South American Championship in Ecuador and the
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
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in Argentina.
At senior level, Pardo represented
Chile
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once, in 2002.
Controversies
Previous to 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, Pardo and seven other players were arrested in a brothel what must to be closed. The incident was known as "''El episodio de las luces rojas''" (Chapter of the red lights) due to the excuse employed by
Jaime Valdés
Jaime Andrés Valdés Zapata ( born 11 January 1981) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Primera B de Chile side Santiago Wanderers. He usually plays as midfielder. Valdés was member of his national under-20 national team in the 2001 FIFA W ...
.
After the tournament, the eight players (Valdés,
Millar,
Salgado
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,
Órdenes,
Soto,
Droguett,
Campos and Pardo) were suspended for three international matches.
Honours
Universidad de Chile
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Primera División de Chile
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1999
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2000
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,
2009 Apertura
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Copa Chile
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:
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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,
2000
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References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
People from Quillota
Chilean footballers
Association football midfielders
Chile international footballers
Chile under-20 international footballers
Chile youth international footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Eredivisie players
Universidad de Chile footballers
Feyenoord players
Excelsior Rotterdam players
Unión Temuco footballers
Coquimbo Unido footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
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