Iker Pozo
Iker Pozo La Rosa (born 6 August 2000) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for the Croatian Football League side HNK Šibenik.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iker Pozo La Rosa | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Fuengirola, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Šibenik | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2012 | Real Madrid | ||
| 2012–2020 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → FC Eindhoven (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Rijeka (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Šibenik | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023 | |||
Career
Early career
Pozo's earliest football career was influenced by his older brother José Ángel's, as, when Real Madrid brought the older Pozo from UD Fuengirola Los Boliches, the entire family moved to Madrid, and Iker joined the Real Madrid academy.[1] Five years later, when José Ángel was snapped up by Manchester City, the younger Pozo, aged 11, followed him to the Manchester City academy.[1]
In the 2017/18 season he featured in the U19 team's UEFA Youth League run up to the semi-finals, featuring in 6 matches and gathering 2 assists.[2] He was also moved to the U23 team,[2] where he would feature for in the subsequent two seasons as well.
FC Eindhoven
Pozo joined the Dutch second-tier side FC Eindhoven for a season-long loan in the summer of 2020. He quickly established himself as a starter at the club, playing mostly in a more forward central midfield role than the defensive one he played at City, resulting in his first three senior goals.[1]
Loans to Croatian clubs
In February 2022, Pozo was loaned to HNK Rijeka.[3] In the first week, before the official paperwork arrived, he impressed the staff at the club. On his first training session after the loan was officially finalized, however, he injured his knee.[3] After the magnetic resonance showed the injury was serious, his loan was canceled and he returned to Manchester, not having played a single official game for the club.[4]
In February 2023, Pozo joined HNK Šibenik.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 September 2020.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester City U23 | 2017–18 | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2019–20 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Manchester City | 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC Eindhoven (loan) | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| Career total | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
- Notes
- Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
- Talentscout - Iker Pozo at the Keuken Kampioen divisie official site
- Iker Pozo y Nabil Touazi, los jóvenes españoles que ya marcan en el City de Guardiola at Marca
- Kakav pehist! Igrač Man. Cityja potpisao za Rijeku pa se teško ozlijedio na prvom treningu at 24 Sata
- Prošao je školu Reala, bio u Man. Cityju, a sada potpisao za hrvatskog prvoligaša: ‘Ovo je ozbiljan projekt‘ at Sportske Novosti
- Iker Pozo at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 September 2020.