Pável Pardo
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| Pável Pardo | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Pável Pardo Segura | |
| Date of birth | July 26, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | VfB Stuttgart | |
| Number | 13 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1998 1998–1999 1999–2006 2006– |
CF Atlas UAG Tecos Club América VfB Stuttgart |
156 (7) 34 (5) 244 (22) 62 (3) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996– | Mexico | 141 (8) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pável Pardo Segura (born July 26, 1976 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), is a Mexican international football player, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart as a defensive midfielder in the German Bundesliga and for the Mexican national team.
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[edit] Biography
Pardo started his career in 1993 with Atlas de Guadalajara, and also played with UAG Tecos before joining América. A veteran of 467 games with 35 goals at club level and 139 international caps, scoring 7 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 CA River Plate[1] of Argentina and Recreativo Huelva of Spain. Pardo was unable to reach an agreement with either club.
Following the World Cup, Pardo joined VfB Stuttgart, for a sum of one million euros, the same club that purchased Pardo's national teammate, Ricardo Osorio. Pardo scored his first goal for Stuttgart in a September 16, 2006 league contest and win against Werder Bremen.
On May 19, 2007, Stuttgart won the Bundesliga with Pardo, who appeared in 33 complete games, serving as one of the pillars of the team. He was voted the fifth-best player in his first season in Germany.
Pardo made his international debut for Mexico in 1996, playing in the U.S. Cup tournament, against the USA. Since then, Pardo has captained his country in several occasions and played important roles for the national team for many years, helping his country to winning the 1998 and 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments and the 1999 Confederations Cup. He played in France 98, as well as the Copa América 1997 and 1999 and the mentioned 2005 Confederations Cup and 2006 World Cup.
On June 21, 2007 he played in the 2007 Gold Cup, helping Mexico earn second place. The day after the game he announced that he would not go to 2007 Copa America because he needed some rest. The national side eventually ended up in third place in that tournament.
In the current 2007-08 season, in his second year in Stuttgart, he has already established himself as one one of the leading players, due to his constant and solid performances and also because, at 31, he is one of the older players in the otherwise young VfB side. Therefore, he has earned the nickname el comandante or el jefe in the team.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club Honours
- First Division - Champions Verano 2002
- First Division - Champions Clausura 2005
- First Division - Super Cup 2005
- CONCACAF Champions Cup - Champions 2006
- Bundesliga - Champions 2006/2007
[edit] International Honours
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 1999
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1998
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2003
[edit] References
- ^ Quiere River Plate a Pável Pardo (Spanish). esmas.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
[edit] External links
- Pavel Pardo Article (Spanish)
- Football Database.com provides Pavel Pardo's profile and stats
- Profile and Statistics (Spanish)
- VfB Stuttgart Official website
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