Facundo Agustín Ponzio (born 14 November 1995) is an Argentinian

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who plays for

CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with ...

in Spain, on loan from Instituto, as a

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Club career

Born in Córdoba, Ponzio graduated from hometown Instituto's youth setup. He played his first match as a professional on 28 May 2013, aged 17, in a 2–0 home loss against

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in the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

. On 2 June Ponzio was handed his first start, and scored his side's first in a 2–3 away defeat against CA Patronato. He renewed his link with Instituto (which sold 20% of his rights to a business company) on 26 July 2013, signing until 2016. However, Ponzio was rarely played during the 2013–14 campaign, and subsequently was loaned to Spanish

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side

on 5 September 2014.Facundo Ponzio, el darrer en arribar (Facundo Ponzio, the last to arrive)
Badalona's official website, 5 September 2014

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External links

ESPN Deportes profile
* 1995 births Living people Footballers from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primera Nacional players Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba footballers CF Badalona players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{Argentina-footy-forward-1980s-stub