Élmer Ramón Ponciano Priego (born 28 June 1978) is a

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defender who currently plays for USAC of the

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Club career

Ponciano started his professional career at

Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the '' Estadio Pensativo''. They are nic ...

and had two spells at Guatemalan giants

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

. He joined newly promoted

Peñarol La Mesilla Halcones Football Club was a Guatemalan professional Association football, football club based in La Mesilla, Guatemala. They competed in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation, and played thei ...

in summer 2009 but left the

Huehuetenango Huehuetenango () is a city and municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala. It is also the capital of the department of Huehuetenango. The city is situated from Guatemala City, and is the last departmental capital on the Pan-American Hi ...

side for Zacapa in February 2010 and then moved to his hometown club USAC in June 2010.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 2001 friendly match against

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and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 5

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matches and played at the

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and

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial association football, football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. I ...

as well as at the

2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the eighth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was contested in the United States in July 2005. The United States emerged victorious i ...

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- RSSSF His final international was a January 2007 UNCAF Cup match against

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* 1978 births Living people Footballers from Guatemala City Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Comunicaciones F.C. players C.D. Jalapa players Deportivo Zacapa players Antigua GFC players Men's association football defenders {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub