Leonardo Ponzio

Leonardo Daniel Ponzio (born 29 January 1982) is an Argentinian former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Leonardo Ponzio
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Ponzio with River Plate in 2016
Personal information
Full nameLeonardo Daniel Ponzio[1]
Date of birth (1982-01-29) 29 January 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birthLas Rosas, Argentina[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003Newell's Old Boys90(9)
2003–2006Zaragoza114(5)
2007–2008River Plate55(1)
2009–2012Zaragoza100(6)
2012–2021River Plate185(8)
Total544(29)
National team
2001Argentina U207(0)
2003–2013Argentina8(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

As of match played 16 May 2021[3][4]
Club Div. Season League National Cup(1) Continental(2) Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Newell's Old Boys
Primera División 1999–00 1 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0
2000–01 26 0 1 - - - - - - 26 0 1
2001–02 33 5 3 - - - - - - 33 5 3
2002–03 30 4 2 - - - - - - 30 4 2
Newell's total 90 9 6 - - - - - - 90 9 6
Zaragoza
La Liga 2003–04 35 3 1 8 0 0 - - - 43 3 1
2004–05 33 1 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 42 1 2
2005–06 35 1 0 9 0 1 - - - 44 1 1
2006–07 11 0 0 2 0 0 - - - 13 0 0
Total 114 5 5 20 0 1 8 0 0 142 5 6
River Plate
Primera División 2006–07 14 1 0 - - - 6 1 0 20 2 0
2007–08 29 0 4 - - - 8 0 0 37 0 4
2008–09 12 0 0 - - - 2 0 0 14 0 0
Total 55 1 4 - - - 16 1 0 71 2 4
Zaragoza
Segunda División 2008–09 18 2 1 - - - - - - 18 2 1
La Liga 2009–10 34 1 2 2 0 0 - - - 36 1 2
2010–11 32 2 1 1 0 0 - - - 33 2 1
2011–12 16 1 1 1 0 0 - - - 17 1 1
Total 100 6 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 104 6 5
Zaragoza total 214 11 8 24 0 1 8 0 0 246 11 9
River Plate
Primera Nacional 2011–12 19 1 0 1 0 0 - - - 20 1 0
Primera División 2012–13 29 4 6 - - - - - - 29 4 6
2013–14 19 1 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 27 1 3
2014 10 0 1 - - - 8 0 0 18 0 1
2015 17 1 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 33 1 0
2016 13 0 1 - - - 4 0 1 17 0 2
2016–17 24 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 36 0 0
2017–18 17 1 0 7 0 0 12 0 1 36 1 1
2018–19 14 0 0 7 0 0 11 0 0 32 0 0
2019–20 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 12 0 0
2020 7 0 0 4 0 0 11 0 0
2021 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 12 0 0
Total 166 7 11 43 0 0 74 0 2 283 8 13
River total 221 9 17 43 0 1 90 1 2 354 10 17
Career total 525 29 31 67 0 1 96 1 2 690 30 34

Honours

Zaragoza

River Plate[6]

Argentina U20

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (in Spanish) Leonardo Ponzio. https://www.ole.com.ar/tema/leonardo-ponzio.html. Retrieved 22 March 2022. 
  2. "Leonardo Ponzio" (in Spanish). River Plate. Retrieved 15 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. Leonardo Ponzio at BDFutbol
  4. Leonardo Ponzio at Soccerway
  5. "Beckham misses out on Cup". BBC Sport. 17 March 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  6. (in Spanish) Un equipo de títulos. 15 March 2018. https://www.ole.com.ar/equipos/river-plate/ponzio-river-supercopa-superclasico-torneos-copas-astrada_0_SJQMngutG.html. Retrieved 11 December 2018. 
  7. Sanders, Emma (9 December 2018). "Copa Libertadores final: River Plate beat Boca Juniors 3–1 in extra time (agg 5–3)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. (in Spanish) Nacional "B": River es campeón y volvió a Primera. 23 June 2012. https://www.lanueva.com/nota/2012-6-23-16-55-0-nacional-b-river-es-campeon-y-volvio-a-primera. Retrieved 11 December 2018. 
  9. (in Spanish) Argentina campeón Sub-20 2001. 5 December 2014. http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2014/12/05/C-5849-argentina-campeon-sub-20-2001.php. Retrieved 11 December 2018.