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Selvyn Estuardo Ponciano Chitay (born 18 July 1973) is a retired
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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), are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their h ...
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
CSD Municipal Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their h ...
. He won 11 league titles and 2 domestic cups and also had spells at army club
Aurora F.C. Aurora Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional Association football, football club. They are based in Guatemala City and play their home matches in the ''Estadio Cementos Progreso''. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country and a tra ...
and Municipal's eternal rivals
Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...
. 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
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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