Élmer Ponciano

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| name= Élmer Ponciano

| fullname = Élmer Ramón Ponciano Priego

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|06|28}}

| birth_place = Guatemala City, Guatemala

| height = {{height|m=1.70}}

| currentclub = USAC

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2000–2001

| years2 = 2001–2002

| years3 = 2002–2004

| years4 = 2004–2006

| years5 = 2006–2009

| years6 = 2009–2010

| years7 = 2010

| years8 = 2010–present

| clubs1 = Antigua GFC

| clubs2 = Comunicaciones

| clubs3 = Juventud Retalteca

| clubs4 = Jalapa

| clubs5 = Comunicaciones

| clubs6 = Peñarol La Mesilla

| clubs7 = Zacapa

| clubs8 = USAC

| caps1 =

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| caps3 =

| caps4 = 39

| caps5 = 16

| goals1 =

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| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2001–2007

| nationalteam1 = Guatemala

| nationalcaps1 = 19

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 13 July 2010

| ntupdate = 13 July 2010

}}

Élmer Ramón Ponciano Priego (born 28 June 1978) is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for USAC of the Guatemalan Premier Division.

Favorite Food

POLLO CON ARROZ ó ARROZ CON POLLO

Favorite Song

Bala de Lira

Club career

Ponciano started his professional career at Antigua GFC and had two spells at Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones. He joined newly promoted Peñarol La Mesilla in summer 2009 [http://digital.nuestrodiario.com/Olive/ODE/NuestroDiario/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=R05ELzIwMDkvMDYvMjc.&pageno=Mjk.&entity=QXIwMjkwMA..&view=ZW50aXR5 Nuevos refuerzos Peñarol La Mesilla se prepara] - Nuestro Diario {{in lang|es}} but left the Huehuetenango side for Zacapa in February 2010 and then moved to his hometown club USAC in June 2010.[http://www.lared.com.gt/detalle_noticia.php?id=28897 Elmer Ponciano, el primer refuerzo de la USAC] - LaRed Deportiva {{in lang|es}}

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a March 2001 friendly match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109211328/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=236671/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA and played at the 2001[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2001 - Details] - RSSSF and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam07det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details] - RSSSF as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/05gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details] - RSSSF

His final international was a January 2007 UNCAF Cup match against Panama.