Felipe Pardo

Édgar Felipe "Pipe"[1] Pardo Castro (born 17 August 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Pachuca.

Felipe Pardo
Personal information
Full name Édgar Felipe Pardo Castro
Date of birth (1990-08-17) August 17, 1990
Place of birth Quibdó, Colombia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger/Forward
Club information
Current team
 Pachuca
(on loan from Toluca)
Number 27
Youth career
2006–2008 Deportivo Cali
2008–2009 Atlético Huila
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Independiente Medellín 116 (11)
2013–2015 Braga 56 (14)
2015–2019 Olympiacos 49 (6)
2017 → Nantes (loan) 13 (1)
2019– Toluca 37 (6)
2020– → Pachuca (loan) 22 (1)
National team‡
2007 Colombia U17 4 (1)
2015– Colombia 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2017

Club career

Early years

Pardo started his career with Atlético Huila before moving to Deportivo Cali for the second half of the 2008–2009 season. He scored his first goal with Deportivo Cali against Independiente Medellín in a 3–1 win for Copa Mustang 2009.[2]

Braga

Next summer Pardo joined Braga for an approximated €600,000 transfer fee signing a four-year contract.[3][4][5] He completed his first season in Portugal's top flight, the Primeira Liga, with 9 goals and 5 assists in 41 appearances, establishing himself as a dependable option on the right flank of the attack.[6] He finished the 2014–15 season 34 appearances, scoring 10 goals and making 9 assists.

Olympiacos

Various clubs made an attempt to sign him, but Olympiacos's offer and the opportunity to play in the Champions League brought him at Karaiskaki Stadium. Marco Silva, his ex-coach and the new coach of Olympiacos is a big admirer of Pardo.[7][8] On 17 July 2015, after two years of exceptional football in Portuguese Primeira Liga, he signed for Olympiacos for a fee of €4.5 million.[9] The transfer was announced on the Greek giants' website on July 18.[10]

On 16 September 2015, Pardo made his debut in Champions League playing in a 3–0 home defeat against Bayern Munich.[11] On 29 September 2015, he contributed to a 3–2 away win against Arsenal for the Champions League scoring the opener and assisting Alfreð Finnbogason to seal the win.[12] On 4 November 2015, Olympiacos were on the verge of reaching the Champions League round of 16 after he came off the bench to inspire a comeback victory against Dinamo Zagreb in Piraeus scoring twice with the second goal coming in the 90th minute.[13][14] His performance earned him a place among the Champions League team of the week.[15] Pardo played the full 90 minutes as Arsenal beat Olympiacos 3–0 progressing in the Champions League instead of the Greek club.[16] On 3 January 2016, he scored his first goal in Greek Super League, coming on as a substitute in the second half and giving an assist to his teammate Brown Ideye for the winning goal, helping his club to a 3–1 away win against Panionios. He was named "Man of the Match".[17]

Nantes (loan)

On 11 January 2017, Pardo joined Nantes on loan for the second half of the season.[18]

Back to Olympiacos

In the summer of 2017 Pardo returned to Olympiacos. On the last day of the summer transfer window, Argentinian club Independiente came with a new proposal for Felipe Pardo, but Olympiacos responded negatively. The Argentinian club was keenly interested in the Colombian winger, but Olympiakos responded negatively to Independiente's offer of €2.6 million with a resale rate for the "Reds" of 20%, as coach Besnik Hasi desired to maintain the player in the team roster. [19]

On 12 September 2017, he scored twice having come on as a substitute in a 3–2 Champions League Group stage loss against Sporting Lisbon at the Karaiskakis Stadium,[20] became only the fourth player in the history of Champions League who scores twice at the same match, coming from the bench.[21] On 5 November 2017, he scored a brace in a 5-1 home Super League win game against Platanias F.C. [22]

Toluca

On 2 January 2019, Pardo left Olympiacos F.C. after three and a half years and 77 caps, 15 goals, 13 assists in all competitions and joined Deportivo Toluca F.C. of Liga MX.[23]

International career

On 7 November 2015 Pardo's performances for Olympiacos led to his first call up to the Colombian national team for the qualifying games for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[24][25] On 14 November 2017, he opened the score in a 4-0 away friendly game against China.

International goals
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.[26]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 November 2017Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China China PR1–04–0Friendly

Personal life

Pardo is known by the nickname Pipe, which is short for Felipe.[27][28]

Honours
Independiente Medellín
Braga
Olympiacos

References
  1. http://www.futbolred.com/seleccion-colombia/felipe-pipe-pardo-equipos+galeria+16423431
  2. ""Medellín fue un gran rival": Felipe Pardo". www.colombia.com. 16 February 2009.
  3. "¡Al Braga por 4 años! Felipe Pardo jugará en Portugal". Golcaracol. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  4. "Felipe Pardo se va al Sporting Braga". www.foxsportsla.com. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. "Confirmada la venta de Felipe Pardo al Sporting Braga". www.vavel.com. 18 April 2013.
  6. "Φελίπε Πάρντο: Το ταξίδι της ζωής του!". www.sdna.gr. 16 July 2015.
  7. "Στην Ελλάδα για τον Ολυμπιακό ο Πάρντο". www.contra.gr. 17 July 2015.
  8. "Ο Ολυμπιακός προχωράει στην απόκτηση του Πάρντο από τη Μπράγκα". sports.in.gr. 16 July 2015.
  9. "Υπέγραψε ο Πάρντο". www.sport24.gr. 17 July 2015.
  10. "Παίκτης του Θρύλου ο Φελίπε Πάρντο!". olympiakos.org. 18 July 2015.
  11. "Olympiakos 0 Bayern Mun 3". www.bbc.com. 16 September 2015.
  12. "Arsenal 2–3 Olympiacos". www.sportsmole.co.uk. 29 September 2015.
  13. "Pardo the hero as Olympiacos down Dinamo". www.uefa.com. 4 November 2015.
  14. "Felipe Pardo brace gives Olympiakos win over Dinamo Zagreb". www.espnfc.com. 4 November 2015.
  15. "UEFA Champions League team of the week". www.uefa.com. 5 November 2015.
  16. Higginson, Marc (9 December 2015). "Olympiakos 0–3 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  17. "Φεστιβάλ γκολ στην επανάληψη, 3–1 ο Ολυμπιακός τον Πανιώνιο". www.sport24.gr. 3 January 2016.
  18. "Nantes sign Felipe Pardo from Olympiacos". Eurosport. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  19. "Νέο «όχι» στα 2,6 εκατ. της Ιντεπεντιέντε για Πάρντο". www.lamiasports.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  20. "Ολυμπιακός – Σπόρτινγκ 2–3". www.olympiacos.org. 12 September 2017.
  21. "Felipe Pardo's impressive record at Champions League". www.sdna.gr. 14 September 2017.
  22. "Απολαυτσικός ο Ολυμπιακός 5-1 τον Πλατανιά". www.sport24.gr. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  23. "Ολυμπιακός: Στην Τολούκα ο Πάρντο" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  24. "Pardo called up to the Colombian National Team". www.sdna.gr. 7 November 2015.
  25. "Pekerman impressed with Pardo". www.sdna.gr. 9 November 2015.
  26. "Pardo, Felipe". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  27. "Jogarei no Braga para saltar para um grande europeu". Sapo (in Portuguese). 17 April 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  28. Martins, Cláudia (16 April 2013). "Felipe Pardo perto do SC Braga". ZeroZero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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