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Pavel Pardo

He is a Mexican international footballer. He plays as a defensive midfielder.

Pável Pardo Segura (born July 26, 1976 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), is a Mexican international football player, who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart as a Defensive Midfielder in the German Bundesliga and for the Mexican national team.
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 467 games with 35 goals at club level and 139 international caps, and scoring 7 goals to his name. He is regarded as one of the best players in Mexico. Pardo has achieved great success with Club América, winning both the Mexican Torneo de Verano 2002, Torneo de Clausura in 2005 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 of Argentina and Recreativo Huelva of Spain. Pardo was unable to reach an agreement with either club.
Following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Pardo joined VfB Stuttgart, for a sum of one million 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.
On May 19, 2007, Stuttgart won the Bundesliga Championship, being Pardo one of the Pilars of this team, appearing in 33 complete games of the squad. He was voted the fifth best player in the Bundesliga in his first season in Germany.
On June 21, 2007 he played the semifinals in the 2007 Gold Cup. The day after the game surprisedly he announced that he would not go to 2007 Copa America with the Mexican national because he needed some rest. The team ended up in third place in the Copa America.


Stuttgart
26 July 1976
Source: Wikipedia