Leonardo Ponzio

**Leonardo Daniel Ponzio** (born 29 January 1982) is an Argentinian former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2" width="150px"|Club|rowspan="2" width="30px"|Div.|rowspan="2" width="50px"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="3"|National Cup<sup>(1)</sup>|colspan="3"|Continental<sup>(2)</sup>|colspan="3"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5" align=center valign=center|**Newell's Old Boys **|||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|Primera División|1999–00|1|0|0|-|-|-|-|-|-|||
|2000–01|26|0|1|-|-|-|-|-|-|||||
|2001–02|33|5|3|-|-|-|-|-|-|||||
|2002–03|30|4|2|-|-|-|-|-|-|||||
|rowspan="6" align="center" valign="center"|**Zaragoza**|||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|La Liga|2003–04|35|3|1|8|0|0|-|-|-|||
|2004–05|33|1|2|1|0|0|8|0|0|||||
|2005–06|35|1|0|9|0|1|-|-|-|||||
|2006–07|11|0|0|2|0|0|-|-|-|||||
|rowspan="5" align="center" valign="center"|**River Plate**|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"|Primera División|2006–07|14|1|0|-|-|-|6|1|0|||
|2007–08|29|0|4|-|-|-|8|0|0|||||
|2008–09|12|0|0|-|-|-|2|0|0|||||
|rowspan="6" align="center" valign="center"|**Zaragoza**|||||||||||||
|Segunda División|2008–09|18|2|1|-|-|-|-|-|-||||
|rowspan="3"|La Liga|2009–10|34|1|2|2|0|0|-|-|-|||
|2010–11|32|2|1|1|0|0|-|-|-|||||
|2011–12|16|1|1|1|0|0|-|-|-|||||
|rowspan="14" align="center" valign="center"|**River Plate**|||||||||||||
|Primera Nacional|2011–12|19|1|0|1|0|0|-|-|-||||
|rowspan="11"|Primera División|2012–13|29|4|6|-|-|-|-|-|-|||
|2013–14|19|1|3|2|0|0|6|0|0|||||
|2014|10|0|1|-|-|-|8|0|0|||||
|2015|17|1|0|1|0|0|15|0|0|||||
|2016|13|0|1|-|-|-|4|0|1|||||
|2016–17|24|0|0|7|0|0|5|0|0|||||
|2017–18|17|1|0|7|0|0|12|0|1|||||
|2018–19|14|0|0|7|0|0|11|0|0|||||
|2019–20|4|0|0|3|0|0|5|0|0|||||
|2020|—|7|0|0|4|0|0|||||||
|2021|0|0|0|8|0|0|4|0|0|||||

## Honours

**Zaragoza**
- Copa del Rey: 2003–04

**River Plate**
- Argentine Primera División: Clausura 2008, Torneo Final 2014, Superfinal 2014, Campeonato 2021
- Copa Argentina: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
- Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019
- Copa Libertadores: 2015, 2018
- Copa Sudamericana: 2014
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2015, 2016, 2019
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2015
- Primera B Nacional: 2011–12

**Argentina U20**
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2001

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Leonardo Ponzio
- **image**: Palestino - River Plate 20190424 21.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Ponzio with Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate in 2016
- **fullname**: Leonardo Daniel Ponzio
- **birth place**: Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Las Rosas, Argentina
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Defensive midfielder
- **youthclubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **years1**: 2000–2003
- **clubs1**: Newell's Old Boys
- **caps1**: 90
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 2003–2006
- **clubs2**: Real Zaragoza, Zaragoza
- **caps2**: 114
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 2007–2008
- **clubs3**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps3**: 55
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2009–2012
- **clubs4**: Real Zaragoza, Zaragoza
- **caps4**: 100
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2012–2021
- **clubs5**: Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate
- **caps5**: 185
- **goals5**: 8
- **totalcaps**: 544
- **totalgoals**: 29
- **nationalyears1**: 2001
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2013
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0