José Daniel Ponce is a former Argentine

Argentina

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 football (soccer)

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 player, who was part of the Estudiantes de La Plata

Estudiantes de La Plata

Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

 team that won two back-to-back championships in 1982 and 1983.

Ponce was born in Godoy Cruz

Godoy Cruz, Mendoza

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, Mendoza

Mendoza, Argentina

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 and was promoted to the first team of Estudiantes by coach Carlos Bilardo

Carlos Bilardo

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, when he shared the midfield with Miguel Ángel Russo

Miguel Ángel Russo

Miguel Ángel Russo is an Argentine football coach and former player, who now coaches Estudiantes.-Career:...

, Alejandro Sabella

Alejandro Sabella

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 and Marcelo Trobbiani

Marcelo Trobbiani

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. The team won two back-to-back titles and Ponce was called by Bilardo (now national coach) to the national team. His trademark were his precision free kicks, and his skill with the ball, both dribbling and passing, was often decisive in fast-break attack.

In 1983 Ponce was selected to join the Argentina squad for the Copa América 1983

Copa América 1983

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. He later took part in the process that led to Argentina

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's victory in the 1986 World Cup

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.

After Estudiantes, Ponce played for several clubs including Atlético Tucumán

Club Atlético Tucumán

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, Boca Juniors

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, San Lorenzo

Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro

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 and Gimnasia y Tiro

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 in Argentina, Atlético Junior

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 and Unión Magdalena

Unión Magdalena

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 in Colombia

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, Nîmes Olympique

Nîmes Olympique

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 in France

France

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 and Coquimbo Unido

Coquimbo Unido

Coquimbo Unido, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 15, 1957 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league...

 in Chile

Chile

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.

During his time at Boca the club won the Recopa Sudamericana

Recopa Sudamericana

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 and Copa Sudamericana

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 titles in 1989. He made a total of 33 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 5 goals.

His Colombian wife died during labor; his two daughters are Chilean nationals. After a career as a coach in which his temper often got the best of him, Ponce currently coaches youth teams and has a successful sports-related business operation in Concepción, Chile

Concepción, Chile

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. In 1995 while as a player in Coquimbo Unido

Coquimbo Unido

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, he was fired from the club after punching in the face a youth team player.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
Metropolitano Metropolitano championship The Metropolitano championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the first half of the year, the Nacional took place in the 2nd half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...  1982	Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
Nacional Nacional championship The Nacional championship was an Argentine football tournament that existed between 1967 and 1985. The Nacional formed one half of the Argentine 1st division taking place in the second half of the year, the Metropolitano took place in the first half of the year. This arrangement lasted until 1982...  1983	Estudiantes Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....	Primera División Argentina Primera División Argentina The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...
1989	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Recopa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
1989	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Supercopa Sudamericana Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Sudamericana , also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa Libertadores, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores...