Selvyn Estuardo Ponciano Chitay (born 18 July 1973) is a retired Guatemalan football defender and the General Manager of his former club

CSD Municipal Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), is a Guatemalan football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their home matches a ...

since 2010.

Club career

The versatile Ponciano has played in all defensive positions as well as a defensive midfielder; he played the majority of his career (13 years) for Guatemala top division club

. He won 11 league titles and 2 domestic cups and also had spells at army club Aurora F.C. and Municipal's eternal rivals

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful footba ...

. He announced his retirement at the end of January 2009 and played his farewell game on February 4 that year to become coach of the Guatemala U-20 national team.

International career

Nicknamed ''el Bufalo'', Ponciano made his debut for Guatemala as a late substitute in a November 1998 friendly match against

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and went on to collect a total of 9 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 5 matches during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign. His final international was a February 2006 friendly match against the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

He was dismissed as national team coach of the Guatemala U20-s and in February 2010 was proposed to return to Aurora as a player.Propuesta a Ponciano
- Guatefutbol

External links

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Player profile
- CSD Municipal

References

1973 births Living people Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers C.S.D. Municipal players Aurora F.C. players Comunicaciones F.C. players Men's association football defenders {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub