Pardo in 2007
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Full name | Pável Pardo Segura | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 July 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | Atlas | 156 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Tecos | 34 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2006 | América | 244 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | VfB Stuttgart | 71 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | América | 86 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Chicago Fire | 41 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 632 | (43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2009 | Mexico | 148 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 November 2009 |
Pável Pardo Segura (Spanish [pa'bel pa'rdo] ;born 26 July 1976) is a retired Mexican international footballer who last played with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.
Pardo spent most of his career playing with Club América and is the second most capped player in Mexico national team history. Pardo participated in two World Cups (1998 and 2006), won two CONCACAF Gold Cups and won the FIFA Confederations Cup with Mexico in 1999.
Pardo started his career in 1993 with Atlas de Guadalajara, and also played with Tecos UAG before joining Club América. A veteran of 467 games with 35 goals at club level and 139 international caps, scoring 10 goals. He is regarded as one of the best players in Mexico, having achieved great success with Club América, winning both the Mexican Torneo de Verano 2002, Torneo de Clausura in 2005 and the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament in 2006.
After participating with Mexico in high profile tournaments, namely the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, both of which were held in Germany, Pardo began to attract attention from a number of international clubs. Rumors linked him with River Plate of Argentina and Recreativo Huelva of Spain, however Pardo was unable to reach an agreement with either club.