Ezequiel Ponce

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Ezequiel Ponce
Ponce with Spartak Moscow in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ezequiel Ponce Martínez[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth
Rosario
, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AEK Athens
Number 14
Youth career
2005–2013 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Newell's Old Boys 27 (5)
2015–2019
Roma
 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada (loan) 25 (2)
2017–2018 → Lille (loan) 32 (2)
2018–2019 → AEK Athens (loan) 27 (16)
2019–2022 Spartak Moscow 59 (19)
2022 → Elche (loan) 13 (1)
2022–2023 Elche 34 (4)
2023– AEK Athens 26 (15)
International career
2017 Argentina U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Argentina U23 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:24, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Ezequiel Ponce Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [eseˈkjel ˈponse]; born 29 March 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club AEK Athens.[3]

He holds Spanish citizenship.[4]

Club career

Newell's Old Boys

Ponce is a youth exponent from his hometown club Newell's Old Boys. Predictably, Ponce was snapped up by local club Newell's Old Boys at the age of eight, progressing through the youth set-up to eventually break into the senior squad in 2013. He made his league debut on 5 October 2013 against Quilmes in a 0–2 away win.[5] At 16 March 2014, he scored his first league goal for the club against Racing Club in a 2–0 home win.[6]

Roma

In August 2015, Italian club

reserve squad, winning the Campionato Nazionale Primavera and scoring nine goals in ten matches. He was also summoned to Roma's senior team without being given a chance on the pitch.[7]

Loan to Granada

On 5 August 2016, Ponce was loaned to La Liga club Granada CF for one year.[8] Fifteen days later he scored on his club debut, in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal CF.[9]

Loan to Lille

On 10 July 2017, after being identified by then Manager Marcelo Bielsa, Ponce was loaned to Ligue 1 club Lille.[10] He made his debut in a 3–0 win against Nantes on 6 August 2017. He scored his first goal on 17 November in a 3–1 win against AS Saint-Étienne.[11]

Loan to AEK Athens

On 19 July 2018, Ponce was loaned to Greek Super League club AEK Athens for one year with a €6 million buy-out. Roma would be entitled to 30% of any resale, although the loan notes that can be eliminated if AEK pays an extra €1 million. The striker is a hard worker, but looking at aspects that need to be improved, he certainly has to start scoring more goals. When joining AEK, Ponce pointed out his excitement at the opportunity to display his talents in the UEFA Champions League. "We all want to play in the Champions League; it’s our main goal. I am glad to be an AEK player, I’m impressed with the people I’ve met, and we must be a united team." he said.[12][13] On 25 August 2018, he scored his first goal for the

2018–19 season in a 2–0 home win game against PAS Giannina as he was in the right place at the right time to convert a superb cross from Marko Livaja.[14] On 16 September 2018, he scored in a 4–0 home win game against Panionios from close range after Petros Mantalos sweet and precise cross.[15] On 29 September 2018, Ponce scored his third goal for the club in an away match against OFI, after the ball ricocheted of his body and ended up in the unguarded net to seal a 3–0 away win.[16]

On 28 October 2018, the on-loan Roma forward netted a double within six second-half minutes in a hammering 4–0 home win game against

Greek Cup game against rivals Atromitos.[25]

On 3 April 2019, he opened the score by finding space between the

Greek Cup semifinal 1st leg against Lamia. Boasting 18 goals so far, he became the club's highest goalscorer in one specific season since fellow Argentinian player Ismael Blanco struck an incredible 24 goals for AEK in the 2008–09 season.[26] On 7 April 2019, he scored when as he perfectly brought down Rodrigo Galo’s cross rifling a shot past Živko Živković in a final 3–1 away win game against Xanthi, a result which meant that the team had all but locked up third place in the Super League.[27]

On 25 April 2019, Ponce opened the score as Marko Livaja’s deflected effort struck the right post, but the prolific Argentinian striker was on hand to lash the ensuing rebound into the net in a hammering 4–0 Greek Cup away semi-final second-leg game against Lamia, and for the third consecutive season, AEK met PAOK in the Greek Cup final, whom they beat 3–0, in an ambiguous win.[28] On 5 May 2019, in the last matchday of the season, scored in a 3–0 away win against Levadiakos.[29]

Spartak Moscow

On 21 June 2019, he signed a long-term contract with the Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow.[30]

In his fourth game for Spartak, he was sent off in the derby in the first half for striking the goalkeeper of Dynamo Moscow, Anton Shunin, with a straight leg during a cross from his teammate.[31]

Elche

On 31 January 2022, Ponce returned to Spain after agreeing to a loan deal with Elche CF in the top tier.[32] On 1 June 2022, Elche exercised the purchase option in the loan contract and signed a four-year contract with Ponce.[33]

Return to AEK Athens

On 5 August 2023, Ponce returned to AEK Athens on a permanent move, signing a four-year contract. He signed for €3,500,000.[34]

International career

He was called up to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup for the summer of 2017.[35] He started for Argentina national under-20 football team in the first match in a 3–0 defeat against England national under-20 football team.[36]

Career statistics

As of match played on 24 April 2024[37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 17 4 1 0 — 4[c] 0 22 4
2014 Argentine Primera División 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2015 Argentine Primera División 9 1 1 0 — 0 0 10 1
Total 27 5 2 0 — 4 0 33 5
Roma 2015–16 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Granada (loan) 2016–17 La Liga 25 2 2 0 — — 27 2
Lille (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 25 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 29 3
AEK Athens (loan) 2018–19 Super League Greece 27 16 7 5 — 9[d] 0 43 21
Spartak Moscow 2019–20 Russian Premier League 27 6 3 3 — 4[e] 2 34 11
2020–21 Russian Premier League 25 9 3 1 — — 28 10
2021–22 Russian Premier League 7 4 0 0 — 4[f] 0 11 4
Total 59 19 6 4 — 8 2 73 25
Elche (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
Elche 2022–23 La Liga 34 4 3 2 — — 22 5
Total 47 5 3 2 — — 35 6
AEK Athens 2023–24 Super League Greece 26 15 2 0 — 7[g] 1 35 16
Career total 236 64 24 12 2 0 28 3 290 79
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France, Greek Football Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Five appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ^ "PLayer profile".
  2. ^ "Клуб".
  3. ^ Ezequiel Ponce at Soccerway
  4. ^ Ezequiel Ponce at Russian Premier League
  5. ^ "Quilmes vs. Newell's Old Boys - 5 October 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Newell's Old Boys vs. Racing Club - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ^ Roma complete signing of Ezequiel Ponce Archived 5 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Ezequiel Ponce llega a nuestra entidad cedido por un año (Ezequiel Ponce arrives at our club on loan for one year); Granada CF, 5 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Debut y gol para Ponce en el Granada" [Debut and a goal for Ponce with Granada] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Officiel : Ezequiel Ponce est Lillois !" (Press release) (in French). Lille OSC. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Ezequiel Ponce" (Press release). Soccerbase. 26 July 2018.
  12. ^ Και επίσημα ο Πόνσε στην ΑΕΚ! (in Greek). www.to10.gr. 19 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Official: Ponce leaves Roma". www.football-italia.net. 19 July 2018.
  14. ^ "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 2-0". www.sdna.gr. 25 August 2018.
  15. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Πανιώνιος 4-0". www.gazzetta.gr. 16 September 2018.
  16. ^ "ΟΦΗ - ΑΕΚ 0-3". www.gazzetta.gr. 29 September 2018.
  17. ^ ΑΕΚ - Άρης 4-0: "Σόου" από Πόνσε και Μπογέ στο άδειο ΟΑΚΑ. www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  18. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Ξάνθη 2-0: Πόνσε και Λιβάγια έδωσαν ανάσα". www.sport24.gr. 2 December 2018.
  19. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Λαμία 2-0: "Καθάρισε" εύκολα, με σούπερ Πόνσε". www.sport24.gr. 8 December 2018.
  20. ^ "ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα - ΑΕΚ 0-4". www.gazzetta.gr. 14 January 2019.
  21. ^ ΑΕΚ - Αστέρας 3-0: "Καθάρισε" σε 20 λεπτά η ΑΕΚ. www.sport24.gr. 20 January 2019.
  22. ^ "Πανιώνιος - ΑΕΚ 0-2". www.gazzetta.gr. 29 January 2019.
  23. ^ "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΟΚ 1-1" (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 3 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 4-1". www.gazzetta.gr. 17 February 2019.
  25. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Ατρόμητος 3-0". www.gazzetta.gr. 26 February 2019.
  26. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Λαμία 2-0". 3 April 2019.
  27. ^ "Ξάνθη-ΑΕΚ 1-3: Ανατροπή και.. πάρτι στο Β' ημίχρονο". protothema.gr. 6 April 2019.
  28. ^ "Λαμία - ΑΕΚ 0-4". gazzetta.gr. 25 April 2019.
  29. ^ "Λεβαδειακός - ΑΕΚ 0-3". gazzetta.gr. 5 May 2019.
  30. ^ "Bienvenido, Эсекель Понсе!" [Welcome, Ezequiel Ponce] (in Russian). Spartak Moscow. 21 June 2019.
  31. ^ "Spartak v Dynamo game report". 3 August 2019.
  32. ^ "OFICIAL | El Elche C.F. se refuerza con Ezequiel Ponce" [OFFICIAL | Elche C.F. bolster with Ezequiel Ponce] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  33. ^ "OFICIAL - EZE PONCE SIGUE HASTA 2026" (in Spanish). Elche CF. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Στην ΑΕΚ μέχρι το 2027 ο Εζέκιελ Πόνσε!". aekfc.gr (in Greek). Online. 5 August 2023.
  35. ^ "Argentina U20 World Cup squad announced, Ezequiel PONCE included !" (Press release). Mundo Albeceleste. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  36. ^ "Argentina 0 England 3" (Press release). FIFA. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  37. ^ Ezequiel Ponce at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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