Leonardo Ponzio
Ponzio with River Plate in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leonardo Daniel Ponzio | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Rosas, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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River Plate | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2003 | Newell's Old Boys | 90 | (9) |
| 2003–2006 | Zaragoza | 114 | (5) |
| 2007–2009 | River Plate | 55 | (1) |
| 2009–2012 | Zaragoza | 100 | (6) |
| 2012– | River Plate | 111 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Argentina U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2013 | Argentina | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2016. |
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Leonardo Daniel Ponzio (born 29 January 1982) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético River Plate mainly as a defensive midfielder.
After starting out at Newell's Old Boys in 2000 he went on to spend his professional career with Zaragoza and River Plate, appearing in 246 official games with the former and winning two major titles.
Born in Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Ponzio started his career in the youth system of Newell's Old Boys in neighbouring Rosario, going on to collect more than 100 official appearances for the club. At only 21, he was signed by Spanish side Real Zaragoza for the 2003–04 season, for €3 million: after making his La Liga debut on 31 August 2003 in a 0–1 home loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, he went on to become an essential midfield figure for the Aragonese, only missing 11 games in three seasons combined.
However, when Zaragoza finished sixth in the 2006–07 campaign and qualified to the UEFA Cup, Ponzio had already left, moving in January 2007 to Club Atlético River Plate. He scored his first goal for his new team in the 2007 edition of the Copa Libertadores, against Chile's Colo-Colo.
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