Daniel 'Dani' Ponce de León García (born 16 May 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays for Gibraltar United as a winger.

Football career

A product of AD Torrejón CF's youth system, Ponce made his senior debuts in the 2010–11 season with

Real Ávila CF Real Ávila Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 8, holding home games at '' Estadio Adolfo ...

, in the

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. He continued to compete in the fourth level in the following seasons, representing

CD Coslada Club Deportivo Coslada is a Spanish football team based in Coslada, in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1972, it plays in Preferente at Level 6 of the Spanish football pyramid, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal El Olivo'', ...

and

AD Alcorcón B AD Alcorcón, Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón "B" is the reserve team of AD Alcorcón, was founded in 1998, and plays in Tercera División, Tercera División - Group 7, is based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Community of Madrid, Ma ...

. On 20 October 2013 Ponce made his first appearance with the main squad, playing the last 3 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF, holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria'', with a capacit ...

. He appeared in further five matches during the campaign, and renewed his link with the

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side for three years on 11 July of the following year, being also definitely promoted to the first team. On 16 August 2014 Ponce was loaned to Hungarian

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side

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional association football, football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in Nemzeti ...

. However, he returned to his parent club in September, and moved to

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

on 20 January 2015, also in a temporary deal. On 26 July 2015 Ponce joined

CD Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

.El C.D. Guadalajara anuncia el fichaje del extremo Dani Ponce (Fuenlabrada) (C.D. Guadalajara announces the signing of winger Dani Ponce (Fuenlabrada)
CLM24, 26 July 2015

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponce, Dani 1991 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Association football wingers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players AD Alcorcón B players AD Alcorcón footballers CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers Gibraltar United F.C. players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Újpest FC players Tarxien Rainbows F.C. players Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Malta