{{Short description|Chilean footballer and manager}} {{distinguish|Miguel Ángel Ponce}} {{family name hatnote|Ponce|Torres|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Miguel Ponce | image = Palestino - Deportes Temuco, 2018-08-11 - Miguel Ponce - 01.jpg | caption = Ponce as manager of Deportes Temuco in 2018 | full_name = Miguel Andrés Ponce Torres | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | currentclub = Magallanes (manager) | height = 1.75 m | position = Defender | years1 = 1989–1994 | clubs1 = Universidad Católica | caps1 = 28| goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = → Deportes Temuco (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = → Everton (loan) | caps3 = 20| goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1995–1998 | clubs4 = Universidad de Chile | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1999–2006 | clubs5 = Universidad Católica | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1991–2001 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = Deportes La Serena | manageryears2 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs2 = San Luis | manageryears3 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs3 = Unión San Felipe | manageryears4 = 2015 | managerclubs4 = Chile U17 | manageryears5 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs5 = Huachipato | manageryears6 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs6 = Universidad de Chile (youth) | manageryears7 = 2018 | managerclubs7 = Deportes Temuco | manageryears8 = 2019 | managerclubs8 = San José | manageryears9 = 2020 | managerclubs9 = Blooming | manageryears10 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs10 = Deportes La Serena | manageryears11 = 2022 | managerclubs11 = Jorge Wilstermann | manageryears12 = 2023 | managerclubs12 = Deportes Iquique | manageryears13 = 2024 | managerclubs13 = Unión Española | manageryears14 = 2025 | managerclubs14 = Rangers | manageryears15 = 2025– | managerclubs15 = Magallanes }}
'''Miguel Andrés Ponce Torres''' (born 19 August 1971) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Magallanes.
==Coaching career== Ponce signed with Unión Española for the 2024 season after getting promotion with Deportes Iquique to the top division in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sánchez |first1=Francisco |title=Unión Española presentó a su nuevo DT: sorpresa total |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/union-espanola-presento-a-su-nuevo-dt-sorpresa-total-n/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |work=Diario AS |date=20 December 2023 |language=es}}</ref> He was released on 3 September of the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vega |first1=Diego |title=Unión Española sorprende y anuncia el futuro de Miguel Ponce: “Irrestricto...” |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/union-espanola-sorprende-y-anuncia-el-futuro-de-miguel-ponce-irrestricto-n/ |access-date=4 September 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=3 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref> The next year, he switched to Rangers de Talca.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miguel Ponce asumió como Director Técnico para los piducanos con la tarea de llevar a los rojinegros a la primera división |url=https://publimicro.cl/miguel-ponce-asumio-como-director-tecnico-para-los-piducanos-con-la-tarea-de-llevar-a-los-rojinegros-a-la-primera-division/ |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Publimicro |date=17 December 2024 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Huerta |first1=Rodrigo |title=Otro DT caído en la B: comunicado oficial |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/otro-dt-caido-en-la-b-comunicado-oficial-n/ |access-date=3 June 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=2 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
==Honours== ===Player=== '''Universidad Católica''' * Primera División de Chile: 2005 Clausura
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|10205}} *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072751/https://playerhistory.com/player/77407/ |date=dmy |title=playerhistory }}
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