Waldo Ponce

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Waldo Ponce
Ponce in 2011
Personal information
Full name Waldo Alonso Ponce Carrizo
Date of birth (1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Los Andes, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)
Centre-back
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2007 Universidad de Chile 145 (10)
2003–2004 → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 5 (0)
2008–2009
Vélez Sársfield
 21 (3)
2010–2011 O'Higgins 0 (0)
2010 →
Universidad Católica
(loan)		 7 (0)
2010 → Racing de Santander (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2012 Cruz Azul 31 (1)
2012 → Universidad de Chile (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2015 Universidad de Chile 2 (0)
2015–2017
Universidad de Concepción
 9 (2)
Total 222 (16)
International career
2005–2011 Chile 42 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Waldo Alonso Ponce Carrizo (born 4 December 1982) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Universidad de Chile

A product of the Universidad de Chile youth system, Ponce had a trial with Dutch side Ajax at the age of seventeen.[2] He made his professional debut with Universidad de Chile in 2001. In his three years with Universidad de Chile, Ponce displayed good aerial ability both in defence and attack. This, combined with his strong and accurate free kicks, led Ponce to be loaned to German team VfL Wolfsburg, being this his first international club. In this club, Ponce only played two league matches.

Ponce returned to Universidad de Chile at the end of 2004. He was immediately inserted into the starting lineup and was an integral part of Universidad de Chile's making an appearance in the 2005 Copa Libertadores. Ponce reached the final of the tournament Clausura 2005 but his team lost when he missed the final penalty which was saved by José María Buljubasich. In 2007, Ponce lived one of his best moments on Universidad de Chile, but on 11 April 2007, he was injured during a training of the club. The player was nearly three months injured, however he fully recovered in September 2007.

Vélez Sársfield

In February 2008, Ponce joined

Gimnasia La Plata, in a 2–1 loss. Due to the departure of Hernán Pellerano to UD Almería, Ponce became a more consistent player in Vélez' lineup. But he got injured once again, and missed the Torneo Clausura tournament for one month. The injury allowed Nicolás Otamendi
to take his place in the starting line-up.

In the

Tigre
, for 3–0 Vélez victory, being the man of the match. During the summer of 2010, he was released from the club.

After nearly signing with

O'Higgins
on a one-year deal.

Universidad Católica and Spain

On 4 February 2010, Ponce joined

O'Higgins.[3] On 5 February 2010, Ponce was officially presented as player of Católica.[4] Shortly after the player's presentation, the coach of the club, Marco Antonio Figueroa, expressed that he had not asked the player to join the team.[5]

On 17 February 2010, he made his Católica debut against his former club O'Higgins, in a 1–0 Catolica away loss. Seven days later on 24 February 2010, Ponce made his

Chilean earthquake on 27 February of the same year, he played against his former club Universidad de Chile
for the Libertadores, in a 2–2 draw. However the club failed to advance to the second stage, and he ended with zero goals in six appearances in the Copa Libertadores.

Because of his good performance at the

Real Madrid.[9]

Cruz Azul

In January 2011, Ponce was supposed to play for O'Higgins, but was then transferred to

Mexican Primera División for a one-year deal.[10]

On 8 January 2011, Ponce made his Cruz Azul debut against

Estudiantes Tecos on a 4–1 victory for the Cementeros.[11]

International career

Ponce made his debut for the

Universidad de Chile
he missed the tournament.

During the

FIFA World Cup 2010
squad.

Ponce played in the opening match for Chile at the World Cup against

Sebastian Piñera
, and Ponce along with his team, were presented with the Bicentenario medal.

Other works

Ponce performs as a football commentator for Radio Agricultura[12] and Radio Futuro [es].[13]

Career statistics

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 March 2006 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Paraguay 2–1 3–2 Friendly Match
2. 10 October 2009 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín, Colombia  Colombia 1–1 4–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 19 June 2011 Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile  Estonia 2–0 4–0 Friendly Match
4. 11 October 2011 Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile  Peru 1–0 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Universidad de Chile

Vélez Sársfield

  • 2009 Torneo Clausura

Universidad Católica

  • Chilean Primera División:
    2010

Individual

  • Bicentenario Medal: 2010

References

  1. ^ "Profile at Universidad de Concepción". Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ Prat, Nicolás (24 August 2023). "Waldo Ponce: "Sampaoli me quiso ayudar" - Radio Agricultura". Radio Agricultura (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Waldo Ponce a la UC". cdf.clcomdirect Musterdepot (in Spanish). 4 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Waldo Ponce fue presentado como jugador de Universidad Católica y reconoció que tuvo la intención de volver a Universidad de Chile". radiobiobio.clcomdirect Musterdepot (in Spanish). 5 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Figueroa: "Yo no pedí a Ponce"". ferplei.cl (in Spanish). 5 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Fútbol: Waldo Ponce Se Convirtió En Nuevo Refuerzo Del Racing De Santander". noticias123.cl (in Spanish). 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Waldo Ponce venció a Claudio Bravo en "raro" amistoso". redgol.cl (in Spanish). 4 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Waldo Ponce tuvo un amargo debut con la camiseta de Racing de Santander". cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 4 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Waldo Ponce y Racing recibieron humillante goleada ante Real Madrid". cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 23 October 2010.
  10. ^ "Fútbol: Cruz Azul Da La Bienvenida Oficial A Waldo Ponce Y Hugo Droguett". noticias123.cl (in Spanish). 6 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Droguett y Ponce debutan en Cruz Azul con goleada sobre Estudiantes Tecos". noticias123.cl (in Spanish). 8 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  12. ^ Aliaga, Martín (7 September 2023). "La sabrosa e inédita historia de un campeón con la U con Marcelo Bielsa: "Me cagó"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  13. ^ Miranda, Gonzalo (24 August 2023). "'Te voy a sacar la cresta, pendejo de mier...': Waldo Ponce reveló duro encontrón con Gary Medel en el Centenario". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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