Sebastián Pardo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sebastián Pardo

| fullname = Sebastián Eduardo Pardo Campos

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quillota, Chile

| height = 1.70 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Universidad de Chile

| years1 = 1999–2002

| clubs1 = Universidad de Chile

| caps1 = 45

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2002–2007

| clubs2 = Feyenoord

| caps2 = 70

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2007–2008

| clubs3 = Excelsior

| caps3 = 16

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2008–2009

| clubs4 = Universidad de Chile

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2010

| clubs5 = Unión Temuco

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2013

| clubs6 = Coquimbo Unido

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 161

| totalgoals = 16

| nationalyears1 = 1999

| nationalteam1 = Chile U17

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 2001

| nationalteam2 = Chile U20

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 2002

| nationalteam3 = Chile

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

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.{{cite web|publisher=EFE|title=El chileno Sebastián Pardo se retira del fútbol con 27 años|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5i3mtkq-qff2IdICVPTXZ1PbPxCcg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209143742/http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5i3mtkq-qff2IdICVPTXZ1PbPxCcg|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2011|language=Spanish|date=9 June 2009|accessdate=24 July 2009}}

International career

Pardo represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1999 South American Championship in Uruguay{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-sudamericanos-sub17.html |website=Partidos de la Roja |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=es}} and Chile at under-20 level in both the 2001 South American Championship in Ecuador{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-sudamericanos-sub20.html |website=Partidos de la Roja |access-date=25 July 2022 |language=es}} 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.{{cite web |title="Me voy yo": Jaime Valdés reveló sabrosos detalles del recordado episodio de "las luces rojas" |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/la-roja/2020/04/15/me-voy-yo-jaime-valdes-revelo-sabrosos-detalles-del-recordado-episodio-de-las-luces-rojas.shtml |website=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |access-date=21 October 2022 |language=es |date=15 April 2020}}

After the tournament, the eight players (Valdés, Millar, Salgado, Órdenes, Soto, Droguett, Campos and Pardo) were suspended for three international matches.{{cite book |last1=Hidalgo Gorostegui |first1=Patricio |last2=Pérez Vega |first2=Aníbal |title=EL TRIBUNAL DE DISCIPLINA DE LA ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE FÚTBOL PROFESIONAL |date=2008 |publisher=University of Chile |location=Santiago |pages=222–227 |url=https://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/106814/de-hidalgo_p.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=22 October 2022 |language=es |format=PDF}}

Personal life

His daughter, Vaitiare, is a footballer from the {{ill|lt=Universidad Católica|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (women)|es|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (fútbol femenino)|vertical-align=sup}} youth system.{{cite news |title=Es hija de un exjugador de U de Chile y firmó su primer contrato profesional con la UC a los 16 años |url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/deportes13/es-hija-de-un-exjugador-de-u-de-chile-y-firmo-su-primer-contrato-profesional-con-la |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=Teletrece |date=10 January 2024 |language=es}}