Urko Pardo

Urko Pardo
Personal information
Full name Urko Rafael Pardo Goas
Date of birth (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
APOEL
Number 78
Youth career
1988–1999 Anderlecht
1999–2001 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Barcelona C 80 (0)
2002–2007 Barcelona B 18 (0)
2005Cartagena (loan) 0 (0)
2006Sabadell (loan) 16 (0)
2007–2008 Iraklis 29 (0)
2008–2011 Rapid București 4 (0)
2009–2011Olympiacos (loan) 29 (0)
2011– APOEL 114 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2017.

Urko Rafael Pardo Goas (born 28 January 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club APOEL FC as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Barcelona

Born in Brussels to a Basque father and a Galician mother, Pardo began his football career with R.S.C. Anderlecht, finishing his formation with FC Barcelona but never making it past its B-side.[1] He split the 2005–06 season – always on loan – between FC Cartagena and CE Sabadell FC with both teams in the third division, suffering relegation with the latter.

Rapid București / Greece

In the 2007 summer, released by Barça, Pardo signed with Greece's Iraklis Thessaloniki FC, moving the following year to Rapid București in Romania but appearing rarely in his first season.

In 2009–10, another loan ensued as Pardo moved to Olympiacos F.C. also in Greece, playing just three Superleague games in his first year. The move was extended by Rapid for the following season, and he appeared more regularly (Olympiacos was seeking a replacement for the legendary Antonios Nikopolidis (40), who was set to retire in June 2011, and said the Spaniard would be a very good choice for succeeding him[2]), being the most used player in his position.

APOEL

In the last day of the 2011 summer transfer window, Pardo signed a two-year contract with Cyprus champions APOEL FC. He made his official debut on 19 October against FC Porto, replacing injured Dionisis Chiotis early into the second half of a 1–1 away draw for the season's UEFA Champions League,[3] and added a further four appearances as the club reached the quarter-finals for the first time ever.

In 2014–15, Pardo appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's third Champions League campaign.[4] On 26 May 2016 both parties agreed on a two-year contract extension, with an option for a third year.[5]

Club statistics

As of 24 May 2017[6][7]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[nb 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2002–03 Segunda División B 100010
2004–05 Segunda División B 11000110
Barcelona 2004–05 La Liga 00000000
Total 00000000
Cartagena 2005–06 Segunda División B 000000
Total 000000
Sabadell 2005–06 Segunda División B 16000160
Total 16000160
Barcelona B 2006–07 Segunda División B 600060
Total 18000180
Iraklis 2007–08 Superleague 29000290
Total 29000290
Rapid București 2008–09 Liga I 40001050
Total 40001050
Olympiacos 2009–10 Superleague 70102000100
2010–11 Superleague 220100010240
Total 290202010340
APOEL 2011–12 Cypriot First Division 1401050200
2012–13 Cypriot First Division 2700000270
2013–14 Cypriot First Division 340009010440
2014–15 Cypriot First Division 2003010000330
2015–16 Cypriot First Division 160500000210
2016–17 Cypriot First Division 20700010100
Total 1140160240101550
Career total 210018020260202570

Honours

Olympiacos
APOEL

Notes

  1. Includes Cypriot Super Cup matches.

References

  1. FC Barcelona B – 2006–07 season; FC Barcelona
  2. Οι διάδοχοι του Νικοπολίδη (The successors of Nikopolidis); Entos Edras, 5 March 2011 (in Greek)
  3. "Porto draw keeps APOEL on top". UEFA.com. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. "APOEL FC". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Urko Pardo" [Cooperation renewal with Urko Pardo] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. "Urko: Urko Rafael Pardo Goas". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  7. "U. Pardo". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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