Cristian Ponde

Cristian Ioan Ponde (born 26 January 1995) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward.

Cristian Ponde
Personal information
Full name Cristian Ioan Ponde
Date of birth (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995
Place of birth Făurești, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
2004–2005 Olhanense
2005–2014 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Sporting B 89 (14)
2016–2017 → Covilhã (loan) 29 (6)
2018–2019 Karpaty Lviv 32 (7)
National team
2011–2012 Portugal U17 9 (1)
2012–2013 Portugal U18 10 (2)
2013–2014 Portugal U19 10 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2020

Club career

Born in Făurești, Romania, Ponde emigrated to Portugal with his parents before his 10th birthday, and started playing football with S.C. Olhanense.[1] In 2005, he joined Sporting CP to complete his formation.[2]

On 24 February 2013, Ponde made his senior debut with the club's reserves, coming on as a substitute for fellow youth graduate Ricardo Esgaio for the final 14 minutes of a 5–1 home win against S.C. Freamunde for the second division championship.[3] He scored his first goal as a professional on 30 March of that year, but in a 1–3 home loss to S.L. Benfica B.[4]

On 2 March 2014, during a second level game against S.C. Covilhã, Ponde contracted a serious injury to his right knee, going on to be sidelined for several months.[5] His maiden competitive appearance for the first team took place on 21 January 2015, when he played three minutes in a 2–3 defeat at C.F. Os Belenenses in the group stage of the Taça da Liga.[6]

For the 2016–17 season, Ponde was loaned to Covilhã.[7]

Club statistics
As of 9 December 2015[8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2012–13 610000000061
2013–14 21100000000211
2014–15 11200000000112
2015–16 10400000000104
Sporting 2014–15 000010000010
Career total 48800100000498

References
  1. "Puto encanta no Algarve" [Kid lights it up in Algarve]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 6 March 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. "Leões ambientam-se ao Goodison Park" [Lions getting accustomed to Goodison Park]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 February 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. "Sporting B-Freamunde, 5–1: Leões regressam aos triunfos" [Sporting B-Freamunde, 5–1: Lions return to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 February 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. "Sporting B-Benfica B, 1–3: Dérbi marcado por expulsões" [Sporting B-Benfica B, 1–3: Derby marred by ejections]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. "Joelho deixa Ponde de fora durante 6 meses" [Knee leaves Ponde out for 6 months]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. Barros, Carlos J. (21 January 2015). "Reportagem Belenenses 3–2 Sporting" [Belenenses 3–2 Sporting report] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. "Sp. Covilhã apresenta ex-Benfica e recebe dois leões emprestados" [Sp. Covilhã present ex-Benfica and get two lions on loan] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. "Cristian Ponde". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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