| Sergio Pardo | |
| Fullname: | Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventud San Rafael |
| Clubs1: | Colo-Colo |
| Clubs2: | Deportes Ovalle |
| Clubs4: | Naval |
| Clubs5: | Aurora FC |
| Clubs6: | Deportivo Zacapa |
| Clubs8: | Universidad SC |
| Clubs9: | Juventud Retalteca |
| Clubs10: | Deportivo Pensamiento |
| Manageryears1: | 1984–1986 |
| Managerclubs1: | Tipografía Nacional |
| Managerclubs2: | Dely Soccer |
| Manageryears3: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs3: | Deportivo Amatitlán |
| Managerclubs4: | Deportivo Azucareros |
| Managerclubs5: | Xelajú |
| Managerclubs6: | CSD Sacachispas |
| Managerclubs7: | CD Ipala |
| Managerclubs8: | Real Verdes |
| Managerclubs10: | Deportivo Jocotán |
| Managerclubs11: | Deportivo San Benito |
| Manageryears12: | 2008–2009 |
| Managerclubs12: | Deportivo Zacapa |
| Managerclubs13: | Universidad SC |
| Managerclubs14: | EMEFUT (youth) |
| Manageryears15: | 2009 |
| Managerclubs15: | Peñarol La Mesilla |
| Managerclubs16: | Deportivo Coatepeque |
| Manageryears17: | 2010–2011 |
| Manageryears18: | 2012 |
| Managerclubs18: | Deportivo Zacapa |
| Manageryears19: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs19: | Deportivo Mictlán |
| Manageryears20: | 2013 |
| Managerclubs20: | Guatemala |
| Manageryears21: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs21: | Deportivo Mixco |
| Manageryears22: | 2015 |
| Managerclubs22: | Deportivo Coatepeque |
| Manageryears23: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs23: | Deportivo Jocotán |
| Manageryears24: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs24: | Deportivo Marquense |
| Manageryears25: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs25: | Deportivo Carchá |
| Manageryears26: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs26: | Deportivo Marquense |
| Manageryears27: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs27: | Deportivo Achuapa |
| Manageryears28: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs28: | Universidad SC |
| Manageryears29: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs29: | Deportivo Achuapa |
Sergio Enrique Pardo Valenzuela (born 24 February 1948) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder.
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[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]
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]
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