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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Gibraltar United as a winger.

Football career

A product of

AD Torrejón CF Agrupación Deportiva Torrejón Club de Fútbol is a team of football in Spain, in the town of Torrejon de Ardoz in Community of Madrid. It was founded in 2002 after the merger between AD Torrejón and Torrejón CF. The club has two sections: a m ...

'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 List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ávila, Spain, Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Esta ...

, in the fourth division. 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 , holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal El Olivo'', with a capacity of 2,500 seats. Season to season -- ...

and

AD Alcorcón B Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón "B" is the reserve team of AD Alcorcón, was founded in 1998, and plays in , is based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Holding home matches at ''Campo Anexo de Santo Domingo'', with a 1000-seat ...

. 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 List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Vict ...

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

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

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

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

side

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungary, 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 ...

. 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 S.A de C.V. (;), nicknamed ''"Chivas"'' () and simply known as Guadalajara or internationally as Chivas de Guadalajara, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Guadalajara metropolit ...

.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 men's footballers Footballers from the Community of Madrid Men's 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 men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Malta 21st-century Spanish sportsmen