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Sebastián Pardo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pardo and the second or maternal family name is Campos.

Sebastián Eduardo Pardo Campos (born 1 January 1982) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Pardo was born in Quillota. He began his career at Universidad de Chile, and joined Eredivisie's Feyenoord in 2002–03, debuting on 10 September 2002, against Excelsior Rotterdam (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.[1]

International career

Pardo represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1999 South American Championship in Uruguay[2] and Chile at under-20 level in both the 2001 South American Championship in Ecuador[3] and the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.

At senior level, Pardo represented Chile 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.[4]

After the tournament, the eight players (Valdés, Millar, Salgado, Órdenes, Soto, Droguett, Campos and Pardo) were suspended for three international matches.[5]

Personal life

His daughter, Vaitiare, is a footballer from the Universidad Católica [es] youth system.[6]

Honours

Universidad de Chile

References

  1. ^ "El chileno Sebastián Pardo se retira del fútbol con 27 años" (in Spanish). EFE. 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ ""Me voy yo": Jaime Valdés reveló sabrosos detalles del recordado episodio de "las luces rojas"". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ^ Hidalgo Gorostegui, Patricio; Pérez Vega, Aníbal (2008). EL TRIBUNAL DE DISCIPLINA DE LA ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE FÚTBOL PROFESIONAL (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: University of Chile. pp. 222–227. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Es hija de un exjugador de U de Chile y firmó su primer contrato profesional con la UC a los 16 años". Teletrece (in Spanish). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2025.