Fernando Ponce

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Fernando Ponce
Personal information
Full name Fernando Alejandro Ponce
Date of birth (1992-07-23) 23 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Douglas Haig
Number 6
Youth career
El Riojano
2005–2007 Boca Juniors Balcarce
2007–2011 Banfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 Boca Juniors Balcarce (–)
2012–2014 Racing de Balcarce (–)
2014–2015 Lynx FC 8 (1)
2015–2016 Alvarado 49 (0)
2017 Defensores de Belgrano VR 11 (0)
2017–2018 Sportivo Belgrano 27 (1)
2018–2021 Alvarado 43 (3)
2021–2022 Cobresal 6 (0)
2021Deportes Temuco (loan) 13 (1)
2022Fernández Vial (loan) 24 (1)
2023 Sarmiento de Resistencia 25 (1)
2024– Douglas Haig 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024

Fernando Alejandro Ponce (born 23 July 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defender for Douglas Haig.

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Early career

Born in Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ponce was with Club El Riojano before joining Boca Juniors de Balcarce, aged 13, with whom he made his senior debut in the Liga Balcarceña  [ es ] under Daniel Lapadula, becoming the youngest player in the history of the league. He was honored as the revelation player of the season. At the age of fifteen, he joined Banfield and was promoted to the first team by Sebastián Méndez in 2011, but the next manager, Ricardo La Volpe, didn't consider him. [2] [3]

Club career

Ponce left Banfield and joined Racing Club de Balcarce in 2012, with whom he took part in the Torneo Argentino C. [2] [3]

In September 2014, he moved to Europe and joined Lynx FC in the Gibraltar Football League alongside his compatriot Christian Fraiz. [2] [3] [4]

Back to Argentina, he signed with Alvarado on 14 February 2015. [5]

In January 2017, Ponce joined Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo, [6] switching to Sportivo Belgrano in July of the same year. [7]

In July 2018, he rejoined Alvarado, getting promotion to the Primera B Nacional in the same season. [8] [2]

In 2021, Ponce moved to Chile and joined Cobresal in the top division on a deal for three seasons. [9] He was loaned out to Deportes Temuco and Fernández Vial in September 2021 and January 2022, respectively. [10] [11]

In 2023, Ponce returned to his homeland and signed with Sarmiento de Resistencia. [12] The next year, he switched to Douglas Haig. [13]

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