Beri Pardo
{{Short description|Portuguese-Turkish football strategist}}
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Beri Pardo (born 1 April 1990) is a Portuguese-Turkish association football strategist and analyst who is the current Head of Performance Strategy for EFL Championship club Hull City.
He has previously worked for Crystal Palace, Trabzonspor, Fenerbahçe, and İstanbul Başakşehir.
Career
Pardo spent his early career working as an analyst for Crystal Palace across two separate spells, which preceded and succeeded a period at Trabzonspor in charge of their recruitment strategy team.{{citenews|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/october/additions-to-backroom-staff/|title=Additions to backroom staff|work=Hull City A.F.C.|date=19 October 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025}}{{citenews|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/andy-dawsons-hull-city-reign-boosted-by-support-of-new-recruits-ahead-of-trip-to-blackpool-3884157|title=Andy Dawson's Hull City reign boosted by support of new recruits ahead of trip to Blackpool|work=The Yorkshire Post|date=19 October 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025}} On 7 June 2018, Damien Comolli became the new sporting director of Süper Lig side Fenerbahçe.{{citenews|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/haberler/arsiv/sportif-direktorumuz-damien-comolli!|title=SPORTİF DİREKTÖRÜMÜZ DAMIEN COMOLLI!|work=Fenerbahçe S.K.|date=7 June 2018|accessdate=8 April 2025}} Later that summer, Comolli hired Pardo as the club's new Head of Performance Analysis.{{citenews|url=https://turkish-football.com/behind-the-scenes-at-the-fenerbahce-revolution-the-damien-comolli-role-explained/|title=Behind The Scenes At The Fenerbahce Revolution – The Damien Comolli Role Explained|work=turkish-football.com|date=25 March 2019|accessdate=8 April 2025}}
Emre Belözoğlu signed as the new head coach of İstanbul Başakşehir on 4 October 2021,{{citenews|url=https://ibfk.com.tr/haberler/hos-geldin-emre-belozoglu|title=HOŞ GELDİN EMRE BELÖZOĞLU|work=İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.|date=4 October 2021|accessdate=8 April 2025}} and chose Pardo to be his assistant in the job. Just over a year later, on 19 October 2022, Hull City announced the appointment of Pardo as their new Head of Performance Strategy.{{citenews|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-bari-pardo-former-crystal-7713479|title=Who is Beri Pardo? The former Crystal Palace man in Hull City dugout|work=HullLive|date=17 October 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025}} In June 2023, he became Hull's sporting director, before reverting to his initial role after Jared Dublin was promoted to replace him in October 2024.{{citenews|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/key-boardroom-changes-revealed-hull-9823475|title=Key boardroom changes revealed at Hull City after Tan Kesler departure|date=31 December 2024|work=HullLive|accessdate=8 April 2025}}
Personal life
Pardo holds both Portuguese and Turkish citizenship, and is a UEFA A licence coach.
References
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Category:Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
Category:Robert College alumni
Category:Sabancı University alumni
Category:Association football technical directors
Category:Hull City A.F.C. directors and chairmen
Category:Crystal Palace F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. (football) non-playing staff