Àngel Ponz i Junyent

Ángel Ponz Junyent (1883 – 20 August 1936) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Club Español (now known as RCD Espanyol).

Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of RCD Espanyol, being among the founding members of the club in 1900, and then serving the club as a forward, winning the 1902–03 Copa Macaya, which was the club's first-ever official title, as well as netting the club's only goal at the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (the forerunner for the Copa del Rey). He spent his entire 12-year career at Espanyol, sept for the three years in which the club had to cease its activities (1906–09), being one of the first great figures of the club.

Playing career Born in Barcelona, Ponz was one of the founding members of Club Español de Fútbol in 1900. Together with José María Soler, he was part of the Español side that participated in the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (the forerunner for the Copa del Rey), in which he netted the first goal of the competition, thus going down in history as the goalscorer of the very first (unofficial) goal in the history of the Copa del Rey. He was also the first footballer to score a goal in a Derbi barceloní between RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona. He remained loyal to the club until 1905, when Español had to suspend its activities due to a lack of players since most of them were university students who enrolled to study at universities outside Catalonia in the 1905–06 academic year. Most of the remaining players, including him and goalkeeper Pedro Gibert, joined X Sporting Club. Together with Pedro Gibert, the Massana brothers (Santiago and Alfredo) and José Irízar, he helped X win the Campionat de Catalunya three times in a row between 1906 and 1908.

In 1909, Espanyol was effectively relaunched as the Club Deportivo Español, the name which still stands today. In his last season in the club, he often played alongside his younger brother Enrique Ponz.

Death On 20 August 1936, Ponz was killed in the Spanish Civil War.

Honours RCD Espanyol Copa Macaya: Winners (1) 1902–03 Catalan Championships: Winners (2) 1903–04, 1911–12

X Sporting Club Catalan Championships: Winners (3) 1905–06, 1906–07 and 1907–08