Walter Ponce
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Benjamín Ponce Gallardo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cobreloa | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palestino | |||
| 2013–2016 | Udinese | ||
| 2015 | → Unión Española (loan) | ||
| 2015–2016 | → Palestino (loan) | ||
| 2016 | → Granada (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Palestino (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Granada B (loan) | – | (–) |
| 2017–2019 | Universidad de Concepción | 34 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | Deportes La Serena | 19 | (1) |
| 2021 | Barnechea | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Valour FC | 42 | (6) |
| 2024 | Unión La Calera | 25 | (2) |
| 2025– | Cobreloa | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Chile U17 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 February 2021 | |||
Walter Benjamín Ponce Gallardo (born 4 March 1998) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cobreloa.
Early life
[edit | edit source]He played youth football in the system of Chilean clubs Palestino and Unión Española[1] and the Spanish club Granada.[2] In 2013, Italian club Udinese, who shared the same owners as Granada, purchased 50% of his economic playing rights.[3][4][5]
Club career
[edit | edit source]He began his senior career with Chilean Primera División club Palestino, making his professional debut in 2015 at age seventeen.[6][7] He made his debut in a Copa Chile match on 16 July 2015 against Unión Española.[8] Afterwards, he was sent on loan to Spanish club Granada B.[5][9]
In July 2017, he signed with Universidad de Concepción.[10][11]
In December 2019, he signed with La Serena for the 2020 season.[12]
In March 2021, he signed with Barnechea in the Primera B de Chile.[13]
In January 2022, he signed with Canadian Premier League club Valour FC.[14][15] However, due to visa issues, he was unable to join the team until May.[16][17][18] He scored his first goal on June 15 against Cavalry FC.[19]
In 2024, Ponce returned to Chile and joined Unión La Calera.[20] The next year, he switched to Cobreloa.[21]
International career
[edit | edit source]At the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he made two appearances for Chile U17.[22]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Walter Ponce at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Udinese Calcio players
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Club Recreativo Granada players
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Deportes La Serena footballers
- A.C. Barnechea footballers
- Valour FC players
- Unión La Calera footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera Federación players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Canadian Premier League players
- Men's association football forwards