Pavel Pardo

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Personal information
Pável Pardo
Full name	Pável Pardo Segura
Date of birth	July 26, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	175 cm (5'8)
Nickname	Bebé (baby)
Playing position	Centre Defensive Midfielder Centre Midfielder Centre Back
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) 23 (1)
National team²
1996-	Mexico	129 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 November, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21 November, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Pável Pardo Segura (born July 26, 1976 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican football player, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart as a Defensive Midfielder in the German Bundesliga.

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Known for his free kick and superb passing skills. Pardo made his international debut for the Mexican national football team 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, 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments and the Confederations Cup in 1999. He played in France 98, as well as the Copa América in 1997, 1999 and the Confederations Cup in 2005.

Pardo started his career in 1993 with Atlas de Guadalajara, and also played with UAG Tecos before joining América. A veteran of 431 games with 34 goals at club level and 129 international caps, and scoring 5 goals to his name. He is regarded as one of the best players in Mexico. Pardo has achieve great success with Club América, winning both the Mexican Torneo de Verano, Torneo de Clausura in 2002 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. After the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, rumors linked him with CA River Plate [1] of Argentina and Recreativo Huelva of Spain [2]. Pardo was unable to reach an agreement with either club.

Following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Pardo joined VfB Stuttgart, for a sum of 1,000,000.00 euros, the same club that purchased Pardo's national teammate, Ricardo Osorio. Pardo scored his first goal for VfB Stuttgart and in the Bundesliga on September, 16 2006 against Werder Bremen helping his team with the win.

[edit] External links

Pavel Pardo Article (In Spanish)
Football Database.com provides Pavel Pardo's profile and stats
Profile and Statistics (In Spanish)
VfB Stuttgart Official website

	Mexico squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Campos \| 2 Suárez \| 3 J. Sánchez \| 4 Villa \| 5 Davino \| 6 Bernal \| 7 Ramírez \| 8 García Aspe \| 9 Peláez \| 10 García \| 11 Blanco \| 12 O. Sánchez \| 13 Pardo \| 14 Lara \| 15 Hernández \| 16 Terrazas \| 17 Palencia \| 18 Carmona \| 19 Luna \| 20 Ordiales \| 21 Arellano \| 22 Pérez \| Coach: Lapuente

	Mexico squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Sánchez \| 2 Suárez \| 3 Salcido \| 4 Márquez \| 5 Osorio \| 6 Torrado \| 7 Naelson \| 8 Pardo \| 9 Borgetti \| 10 Franco \| 11 Morales \| 12 Corona \| 13 Ochoa \| 14 Pineda \| 15 Castro \| 16 Méndez \| 17 Fonseca \| 18 Guardado \| 19 Bravo \| 20 García \| 21 Arellano \| 22 Rodríguez \| 23 Pérez \| Coach: Lavolpe

VfB Stuttgart - Current Squad
1 Hildebrand \| 2 Beck \| 3 Osorio \| 5 Babbel \| 6 Meira \| 8 Bierofka \| 9 Streller \| 11 Hitzlsperger \| 12 Gerber \| 13 Pardo \| 14 Farnerud \| 15 Boka \| 16 Lauth \| 17 Delpierre \| 18 Cacau \| 19 Hilbert \| 21 Magnin \| 22 Gentner \| 23 Heinen \| 24 Nehrig \| 25 Da Silva \| 28 Khedira \| 30 Ikeng \| 31 Stolz \| 33 Gomez \| 35 Taşçı \| 41 Langer \| Manager: Armin Veh