Selvyn Ponciano

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Selvyn Ponciano
Personal information
Full name Selvyn Estuardo Ponciano Chitay
Date of birth (1973-07-18) July 18, 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth Guatemala, Guatemala
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1992 CSD Municipal
1994–1995 CSD Municipal
1995–1999 Aurora F.C.
1999–2000 Comunicaciones
2000–2009 CSD Municipal 129 (11)
International career‡
1998–2006 Guatemala 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2010

Selvyn Estuardo Ponciano Chitay (born 18 July 1973) is a retired Guatemalan football defender and the General Manager of his former club CSD Municipal since 2010.

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Club career

The versatile Ponciano has played in all defensive positions as well as a defensive midfielder; he played the majority of his career (13 years) for Guatemala top division club CSD Municipal. [1] He won 11 league titles and 2 domestic cups and also had spells at army club Aurora F.C. and Municipal's eternal rivals Comunicaciones.

He announced his retirement at the end of January 2009 and played his farewell game [2] on February 4 that year to become coach of the Guatemala U-20 national team. [3]

International career

Nicknamed el Bufalo, Ponciano made his debut for Guatemala as a late substitute in a November 1998 friendly match against Mexico and went on to collect a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 5 matches during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign. [4]

His final international was a February 2006 friendly match against the United States.

International goals

Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 October 2005 Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2-32-5 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial career

He was dismissed as national team coach of the Guatemala U20-s and in February 2010 was proposed to return to Aurora as a player. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Se fue un grande Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Municipal le brinda un homenaje a Ponciano con una victoria Archived 2010-02-26 at the Wayback Machine - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ EMOTIVO ADIOS AL LICENCIADO PONCIANO - CSD Municipal club website (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  5. ↑ Propuesta a Ponciano Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine - Guatefutbol
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