Tomás Castro Ponce

Tomás Castro Ponce
Personal information
Full name Tomás Ezequiel Castro Ponce
Date of birth (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001
Place of birth Concarán, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
 Atlanta
Number 8
Youth career
Escuela de Fútbol EFIC
2014–2021 River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2026 River Plate 1 (0)
2022 → Godoy Cruz (loan) 16 (0)
2023–2024 → Atlético Tucumán (loan) 26 (1)
2025 → Almagro (loan) 30 (0)
2026– Atlanta 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:30, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Tomás Ezequiel Castro Ponce (born 3 March 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atlanta of the Primera Nacional, the second division in Argentine football league system.[3] He comes from River Plate's academy in the Primera Division.

Career

Castro Ponce is a product of the River Plate youth system, having joined in 2014 from Escuela de Fútbol EFIC.[4][5][6] He notably scored goals against Millonarios and Libertad at the 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Paraguay.[3][7] He made the breakthrough into Marcelo Gallardo's first-team squad later that year, appearing as an unused substitute in early November for Copa de la Liga Profesional victories away to Godoy Cruz and Banfield.[3][8][9] Castro Ponce made his senior debut in the same competition on 28 November against Rosario Central, featuring for the final eight minutes of a two-goal away win.[3][10][11][12]

On 5 January 2022, Ponce joined Godoy Cruz on a one-year loan deal with a purchase option.[13]

Career statistics

As of 29 November 2020.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 100000000010
Career total 100000000010

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ↑ "Tomás Castro Ponce". World Football. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tomás Castro Ponce, el nuevo juvenil por el que apuesta Gallardo". Marca. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Argentina - T. Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Tomás Castro Ponce, la sorpresa en la lista de River". La Página Millonaria. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Quién es el nuevo juvenil por el que apuesta Gallardo en River". Olé. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Quién es Tomás Castro Ponce, el jugador de 19 años que irá al banco de River por primera vez". TyC Sports. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Un nuevo juvenil debutó en la Primera de River". La Página Millonaria. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "El puntano Tomás Castro irá por primera vez al banco de River Plate". Radio Popular de San Luis. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Tomás Castro Ponce, un puntano de 19 años, estará por primera vez en el banco de River ante el Tomba". Cuyo Noticias. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Tomás Castro, otro debut en la era Gallardo". Olé. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Debutó Tomás Castro Ponce". Pasión Monumental. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Tomás Castro, otro pibe que debuta en la era Gallardo". TyC Sports. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  13. ↑ Club Godoy Cruz on Twitter: "#PrimeraDivisión ¡Bienvenido ..., twitter.com, 5 January 2022
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