Héctor Fabián Ponce (born 10 July 1971) is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Paraguayan club Patriotas FC.

Playing career

Born in

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragui, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has ...

, Ponce notably represented

Deportivo Mandiyú Club Deportivo Mandiyú, also referred as Mandiyú is an Argentine association football, football club, based in Corrientes, in the Corrientes Province, Province of the same name. The squad currently plays in the regionalised fourth tier of Arge ...

, Rosamonte, Ferrocarril Urquiza and Tigre de Santo Pipó.

Managerial career

After retiring, Ponce worked as a fitness and youth coach for

Guaraní Antonio Franco Club Guaraní Antonio Franco is an Argentine football club from the city of Posadas, Misiones. The team currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second major league in Argentine Football league system. The club played at the highest level of ...

before becoming an assistant of Carlos Suirezs at on 29 September 2011. On 14 August 2012, he moved to Deportivo Mandiyú under the same role. On 5 November 2012, Ponce was named manager of Mandiyú, replacing Waldino Casco. He was sacked on 13 February of the following year, and took over Madariaga in January 2014. On 15 May 2015, Ponce returned to Jorge Gibson Brown, again as an assistant. On 8 July 2016, after a brief period in charge of Peñarol de Corrientes, he returned to Madariaga. On 9 August 2019, Ponce left Madariaga to work as a youth coordinator at Guaraní Antonio Franco. In 2022, he moved to Paraguay and became an assistant at River Plate Asunción. Ponce started the 2023 season as the manager of General Caballero JLM's reserve team, but became an interim of the main squad on 13 November. On 6 December, he was confirmed as manager of the main squad for the upcoming campaign. Ponce was sacked from General Caballero on 14 April 2024.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponce, Fabian 1971 births Living people Footballers from Corrientes Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Deportivo Mandiyú footballers UAI Urquiza players Argentine football managers Club General Caballero (Juan León Mallorquín) managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate football managers in Paraguay