Disclosed is a card connector comprising a double-deck shell assembly having upper and lower shell compartments for accommodating memory devices in the form of cards, and a pin connector assembly having connection pins adapted to be received in receptacles of each memory device inserted in the associated shell compartment. The pin connector assembly is adapted to be soldered directly to a printed circuit board, and the shell assembly is adapted to be assembled to the connector assembly thus fixed on the printed circuit board. Also disclosed is an assembly method for such a card connector.