Sergio Pardo

Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as an 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 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 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, Deportivo Zacapa, Universidad SC, Heredia, among others. He has reached better seasons along with Deportivo Zacapa and Heredia, 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 (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 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 Liga Nacional de Fútbol:

Deportivo Pensamiento Liga Mayor B: 1980

Manager Deportivo Amatitlán Copa de Guatemala: