Édgar Felipe "Pipe" Pardo Castro (born 17 August 1990) is a Colombian professional

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who currently plays for

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Club career

Early years

Pardo began his professional career with

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian association football, football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded in 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. ...

in 2007 before being loaned out to

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football t ...

for the first half of the 2009 season. He scored his first goal with

against

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

in a 3–1 league win. In July 2009, he was loaned out to Independiente Medellin. In December, he was part of the squad that won the 2009 Finalizacion tournament, and the club signed him on a three-year contract a few days after winning the title. In March 2013, he left the club after almost four years.

Braga

On 16 April 2013, Pardo joined

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for an approximated €600,000 transfer fee signing a four-year contract. He completed his first season in Portugal's top flight, the

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, with 9 goals and 5 assists in 41 appearances, establishing himself as a dependable option on the right flank of the attack. He finished the 2014–15 season with 35 appearances, scoring 10 goals and making 9 assists, including a brace in a 4–0 victory over

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. Pardo was an important player for the club in their run to the

2015 Taça de Portugal final The 2015 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal, the 75th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 31 May 2015 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras between Sporting CP and Braga. Sporting CP won 3– ...

, scoring his team's second goal in the fourth round victory over Vitoria Guimaraes, followed by a winning goal over defending champions Benfica in the round of 16, and then a goal in the QF, a 7–1 victory over Os Belenenses.

Olympiacos

On 17 July 2015, after two years of exceptional football in the Portuguese top flight, he transferred to Olympiacos, for a fee of €4.5 million. The transfer was announced on Olympiacos' website on 18 July. On 16 September 2015, Pardo made his debut in Champions League, playing in a 3–0 home defeat against

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. On 29 September, he contributed to a shock 3–2 away win against

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in the Champions League, scoring the opener and assisting

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to seal the win. On 4 November, 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

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in Piraeus, scoring twice with the second goal coming in the 90th minute. His performance earned him a place among the Champions League team of the week. Five days later, Pardo played the full 90 minutes as Arsenal beat Olympiacos 3–0 in Piraeus, progressing into the Champions League knockout stages at the expense of the Greek club. On 3 January 2016, he scored his first goal in Greek

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, coming on as a substitute in the second half and assisting

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for the winning goal, helping his club to a 3–1 away win against

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and being named "Man of the Match".

Nantes (loan)

On 11 January 2017, Pardo joined

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on loan for the second half of the season.

Back to Olympiacos

In the summer of 2017 Pardo returned to

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. 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

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desired to maintain the player in the team roster. On 12 September 2017, he scored twice having come on as a substitute in a 3–2 Champions League Group stage loss against

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at the

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, becoming only the fourth player in Champions League history to score a brace in the same match coming off the bench. On 5 November, he scored a brace in a 5–1 home

win against

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Toluca

On 2 January 2019, Pardo left

after three and a half years and 77 caps, 15 goals, 13 assists in all competitions and joined

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Return to Independiente Medellín

On 1 January 2022, he returned to his first club as a professional,

. He scored his first goal on 25 January during a 1–0 victory at home to

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in the league's first matchday.

Aguilas Doradas

In January 2024, he joined Aguilas Doradas to dispute the 2024 Apertura tournament on a six-month contract, making 12 appearances and scoring once in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Deportes Tolima.

Deportivo Tachira

In July 2024, Pardo joined Deportivo Tachira of the

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International career

Pardo played with the Colombia national u-17 team at the

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, scoring once in a 5–0 win against

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. On 7 November 2015 Pardo's performances for

led to his first call up to the Colombia national team for the qualifying games for the

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. On 14 November 2017, he scored his first goal for the national team, opening the scoring in a 4–0 friendly victory against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Personal life

Pardo is known by the nickname ''Pipe'', which is short for Felipe.

Honours

Club

Independiente Medellín *

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: 2009 Clausura Braga *

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runner-up: 2014–15 Olympiacos *

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: 2015–16 *

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runner-up: 2015–16

References

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