
Stuttgart's dressing room called him el comandante, and in May 2007 he closed a first Bundesliga season as a champion, one year after he and Ricardo Osorio became the first Mexicans to play in the league. He won the 1999 Confederations Cup at home, Gold Cups in 1998 and 2003, two Mexican championships and the CONCACAF Champions Cup with América, and finished with 147 caps, fourth-most in Mexico's history. Career record: 148 caps and 11 goals for Mexico; club career at Atlas, Club América, VfB Stuttgart.
| 1993–1998 | Atlas |
| 1998–1999 | Tecos |
| 1999–2006 | Club América |
| 2006–2009 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 2009–2011 | Club América |
| 2011–2012 | Chicago Fire |
| Mexico | 148 caps, 11 goals |
Mexico legends whose careers overlapped Pardo's
One rank above: Luis García at #20.
One rank below: Tomás Boy at #22.
Mexico's editorial top five: Hugo Sánchez · Rafael Márquez · Andrés Guardado · Cuauhtémoc Blanco · Guillermo Ochoa.