Urko Pardo
Pardo with Cyprus in 2019
Personal information
Full name Urko Rafael Pardo Goas
Date of birth (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium[1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
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)
2005 → Cartagena (loan) 0 (0)
2006 → Sabadell (loan) 16 (0)
2007–2008 Iraklis 29 (0)
2008–2011 Rapid București 4 (0)
2009–2011 → Olympiacos (loan) 29 (0)
2011–2017 APOEL 114 (0)
2017–2019 Alki Oroklini 57 (0)
2019–2020 Ermis Aradippou 20 (0)
2020–2021 Olympias Lympion 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2020 Cyprus 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2019

Urko Rafael Pardo Goas (Greek: Ούρκο Ράφαελ Πάρντο Γκόας; born 28 January 1983) is a retired professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Olympias Lympion.

Formed at Barcelona, he spent most of his career in the Cypriot First Division, mainly with APOEL with which he won eight titles including five league championships.[2] He also competed professionally in Greece and Romania.

After being awarded citizenship, Pardo represented the Cyprus national team.

Club 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.[3] 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.[4]

Rapid București / Greece

In the summer of 2007, released by Barcelona, Pardo signed with Greece's Iraklis Thessaloniki FC, moving the following year to FC Rapid București in Romania but appearing rarely in his first season.[5]

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 were 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),[6] being the most used player in his position.

Cyprus

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 in that season's UEFA Champions League,[7] and added a further four appearances as the club reached the quarter-finals for the first time ever.[8]

In 2014–15, Pardo appeared in every group stage match in APOEL's third Champions League campaign.[9] On 26 May 2016 both parties agreed on a two-year contract extension, with an option for a third year.[10]

On 2 September 2017, aged 34, free agent Pardo joined Alki Oroklini.[11] On 23 August 2019, he moved to Cypriot Second Division team Ermis Aradippou FC.[12] Pardo joined Cypriot Third Division team Olympias Lympion for the 2020–21 season.[13]

International career

In 2017, Pardo became a naturalized Cypriot citizen.[14] He won his first cap on 13 November of that year at the age of 34, in a 3–2 away friendly defeat against Armenia.[15]

Career statistics

As of 27 September 2020[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other[nb 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2002–03 Segunda División B 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2004–05 Segunda División B 11 0 0 0 — — — 11 0
2006–07 Segunda División B 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
Total 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 18 0
Barcelona 2004–05 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Cartagena (loan) 2005–06 Segunda División B 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Sabadell (loan) 2005–06 Segunda División B 16 0 0 0 — — — 16 0
Iraklis 2007–08 Superleague 29 0 0 0 — — — 29 0
Rapid București 2008–09 Liga I 4 0 0 0 — 1 0 — 5 0
Olympiacos (loan) 2009–10 Superleague 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 — 10 0
2010–11 Superleague 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 24 0
Total 29 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 — 34 0
APOEL 2011–12 Cypriot First Division 14 0 1 0 — 5 0 — 20 0
2012–13 Cypriot First Division 27 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 27 0
2013–14 Cypriot First Division 34 0 0 0 — 9 0 1 0 44 0
2014–15 Cypriot First Division 20 0 3 0 — 10 0 0 0 33 0
2015–16 Cypriot First Division 16 0 5 0 — 0 0 0 0 21 0
2016–17 Cypriot First Division 2 0 7 0 — 0 0 1 0 10 0
Total 114 0 16 0 — 24 0 1 0 155 0
Alki Oroklini 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 27 0 0 0 — — — 27 0
2018–19 Cypriot First Division 30 0 0 0 — — — 30 0
Ermis Aradippou 2019–20 Cypriot Second Division 20 0 1 0 — — — 21 0
Olympias Lympion 2020–21 Cypriot Third Division 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 289 0 19 0 2 0 26 0 2 0 336 0

Honours

Olympiacos

APOEL

Ermis Aradippou

Notes

  1. ^ Includes Cypriot Super Cup matches.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Urko Pardo". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Urko Pardo: "Es especial estar aquí"" [Urko Pardo: "It's special to be here"]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ^ "FC Barcelona B – 2006–07 season". FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  4. ^ Muñoz, Gerard (7 January 2012). "Chipre, estación de destino del exazulgrana Urko Pardo" [Cyprus, exit sign for former azulgrana Urko Pardo]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ Artús, José Luis (22 February 2016). "Urko Pardo, un seguro de vida que sale al mercado" [Urko Pardo, market-bound life insurance]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Οι διάδοχοι του Νικοπολίδη" [The successors of Nikopolidis] (in Greek). Entos Edras. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Porto draw keeps APOEL on top". UEFA. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  8. ^ Artús, José Luis (21 May 2013). "Urko Pardo, Rey en Chipre" [Urko Pardo, King in Cyprus]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  9. ^ "APOEL FC". UEFA. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Urko Pardo" [Cooperation renewal with Urko Pardo] (in Greek). APOEL FC. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Στην ΑΛΚΗ ο Pardo" [Pardo to Alki] (in Greek). APOEL 365. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Ο ΟΥΡΚΟ ΠΑΡΝΤΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΜΑΣ!!!" [Urko Pardo in our team!!!] (in Greek). Ermis Aradippou. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Cyprus Football Association - Official Website".
  14. ^ Blanco, Jordi (4 November 2017). "Un culé en la selección de Chipre" [A culé in the Cyprus national team]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  15. ^ Artús, José Luis (16 November 2017). "Urko Pardo debutó con Chipre" [Urko Pardo made debut with Cyprus]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Urko: Urko Rafael Pardo Goas". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  17. ^ "U. Pardo". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

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