Ezequiel Ponce

Ponce's current-season form is down 76% on last season (Season 38→9), while his Rating held around 30. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 38).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Elche · 20th	3	0	0	5.05	27	6
2026/27	Houston Dynamo · 2nd	17	0	1	6.46	27	6
2025/26	Houston Dynamo · 12th	32	10	1	6.74	31	38
2024/25	Houston Dynamo · 8th	12	5	0	6.93	31	15
2023/24	AEK Athens FC · 4th	29	14	0	7.03	36	35
2022/23	Elche · 20th	34	4	0	6.5	67	17

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Argentina · international

Side	Apps	G
Argentina U23	2	0
Argentina U20	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

E. Ponce is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Elche, rated 29.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 50th of 57 on scout potential in the La Liga. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (73.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ponce.

Judged on this season alone, Ponce graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 7 of the 7 centre-forwards in the La Liga, on 0 goals and 1 assist in 17 appearances (0.08 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 38 → 9). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 6th of 7 of the 7 centre-forwards in the La Liga. At 29 Ponce is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2025/26 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2025/26Trending downBreakout: 2025/264 clubs

Current potential6th of 7 centre-forwards · La Liga Current season6th of 7 centre-forwards · La Liga 6th-best centre-forward in the La Liga 50th in the La Liga · potential 6th-highest potential centre-forward in the La Liga

29.5

Ratingi

6th of 7 centre-forwards

8.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

73.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.08

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Elche finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 17 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 1 assist for 1 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 73.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Output. 0.08 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 29.5, Ponce carries the 6th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the La Liga of 7, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Elche finished 20th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.08 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %73.6%

Available fixtures17 of 6

Goals / 900

Assists / 900.08

Goal contribution / 900.08

Defensive actions / 900.32

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %26.7

Pass accuracy %81

Dribble success %53.3

Cards / 900.16

Foul involvement / 902.718

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~20), then tapers with age. At 29, Ponce sits on 10.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ponce's projected Rating — 29.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the La Liga with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0—

Shots on target4—

Shots15—

Passing

Assists1—

Chances created8—

Passes240—

Pass accuracy81%—

Possession

Successful dribbles8—

Dribble success53.3%—

Duels won41—

Duels won %38.7%—

Fouls won13—

Defending

Tackles4—

Fouls committed21—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€20.2M total transfer fees · 12 moves

ElcheAug 2026 – now

Houston DynamoJul 2024 – Aug 2026€ 9M

AEK Athens FCAug 2023 – Jul 2024€ N/A

ElcheJul 2022 – Aug 2023€ 4M

Elche(on loan)Jan 2022 – Jul 2022

Spartak MoscowJul 2019 – Jan 2022€ 3M

AEK Athens FC(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2019

Lille(on loan)Jul 2017 – Jul 2018

Granada CF(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jul 2017

AS Roma(back from loan)Aug 2015 – Aug 2016

Newells Old Boys(on loan)Jan 2015 – Aug 2015

AS RomaJan 2015 – Jan 2015€ 4.2M

Newells Old Boysuntil Jan 2015

About E. Ponce

Ezequiel Ponce Martínez is a 29-year-old centre-forward who plays for Elche, born on March 29, 1997 in Rosario, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Argentina. Elche currently sit 20th of 20 in the La Liga.

This season

In the current season, E. Ponce has made 17 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 1,126 minutes, averaging a 6.66 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When E. Ponce plays, Elche's record this season is 10W-2D-8L — and his match ratings average 6.66 at home against 6.35 on the road.

Recent matches

September 7, 2026: 2-3 loss at home vs Real Sociedad (55 minutes, 6.4 rating)
August 28, 2026: 2-3 loss away at Racing Santander (45 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 23, 2026: 0-5 loss at home vs Barcelona (21 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 8, 2026: 2-0 win away at New England Revolution (81 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 2, 2026: 2-0 win away at Sporting Kansas City (65 minutes, 6.2 rating)
July 26, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Austin (70 minutes, 1 assist, 6.9 rating)
July 23, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs DC United (31 minutes, 6.7 rating)
May 24, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Los Angeles Galaxy (24 minutes, 6.2 rating)
May 17, 2026: 1-0 win at home vs Vancouver Whitecaps (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
May 14, 2026: 0-3 loss away at Real Salt Lake (8 minutes, 6.3 rating)

E. Ponce's next match is on September 18, 2026, when Elche face Espanyol away in the La Liga.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates E. Ponce at 29.5 with a Season form score of 8.7, ranking 50th of 57 centre-forwards in the La Liga. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the Campionato Primavera 1. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 14 recorded seasons, E. Ponce has totalled 315 club appearances with 84 goals and 5 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for Elche.

E. Ponce's career has also included time at Houston Dynamo, AEK Athens FC, Spartak Moscow, Lille, Granada CF, AS Roma and Newells Old Boys.

On the international stage, E. Ponce has represented Argentina U23 and Argentina U20 — 5 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Elche finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points