As a child Pardo was with Juventud San Rafael, then he joined Colo-Colo where he coincided with successful players such as Manuel Loco Araya [es] and Leonel Herrera[1] and made his professional debut in a match against O'Higgins at the age of 18.
[2] He won the titles of both the first and the second level of the Guatemalan football league system along with Aurora FC (1975) and Deportivo Pensamiento (1980), respectively.
He has reached better seasons along with Deportivo Zacapa and Heredia,[1] As an anecdote, he has coached some Chilean players in the Guatemalan football such as Claudio Chavarría, Fabián Muñoz and Héctor Suazo.
[8] In August 2013, he assumed as manager of the Guatemala national team for the friendly match against Japan on 6 September of the same year.
[2] After his first experience as manager of Tipografía Nacional, he worked as a sport teacher for different departments of Armed Forces of Guatemala and for Julio Verne School.