Iker Pozo

{{short description|Spanish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Iker Pozo | image = | fullname = Iker Pozo La Rosa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|08|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Fuengirola, Spain | height = 1.73 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Gorica | clubnumber = 8 | youthyears1 = 2007–2012 | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid | youthyears2 = 2012–2020 | youthclubs2 = Manchester City | years1 = 2020–2023 | clubs1 = Manchester City | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = → FC Eindhoven (loan) | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2022 | clubs3 = → Rijeka (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2023–2025 | clubs4 = Šibenik | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Gorica | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 4 | club-update = 17 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }}

'''Iker Pozo La Rosa''' (born 6 August 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Croatian Football League side Gorica.

==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.<ref name="Keuken Kampioen">[https://keukenkampioendivisie.nl/talentscout-iker-pozo/ Talentscout - Iker Pozo] at the Keuken Kampioen divisie official site</ref> Five years later, when José Ángel was snapped up by Manchester City, the younger Pozo, aged 11, followed him to the Manchester City academy.<ref name="Keuken Kampioen"/>

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.<ref name="Marca">[https://www.marca.com/futbol/premier-league/2019/07/24/5d38acb3ca4741fd118b4584.html Iker Pozo y Nabil Touazi, los jóvenes españoles que ya marcan en el City de Guardiola] at Marca</ref> He was also moved to the U23 team,<ref name="Marca"/> 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.<ref name="Keuken Kampioen"/>

===Loans to Croatian clubs=== In February 2022, Pozo was loaned to HNK Rijeka.<ref name="24 Sata">[https://www.24sata.hr/sport/kakav-pehist-igrac-man-cityja-stigao-u-rijeku-pa-se-tesko-ozlijedio-na-prvom-treningu-814804 Kakav pehist! Igrač Man. Cityja potpisao za Rijeku pa se teško ozlijedio na prvom treningu] at 24 Sata</ref> 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.<ref name="24 Sata"/> 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.<ref name="Sportske">[https://sportske.jutarnji.hr/sn/nogomet/hnl/klubovi/sibenik/prosao-je-skolu-reala-bio-u-man-cityju-a-sada-potpisao-za-hrvatskog-prvoligasa-ovo-je-ozbiljan-projekt-15303577 Prošao je školu Reala, bio u Man. Cityju, a sada potpisao za hrvatskog prvoligaša: ‘Ovo je ozbiljan projekt‘] at Sportske Novosti</ref>

In February 2023, Pozo joined HNK Šibenik.<ref name="Sportske"/>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|15 September 2020.}}<ref>{{Soccerway|iker-pozo-la-rosa/453115|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Manchester City U23 |2017–18 |colspan="7" rowspan="3"|– |1{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}}||0||1||0 |- |2018–19 |5{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||5||0 |- |2019–20 |4{{efn|name=EFLT}}||0||4||0 |- ! colspan="2" |'''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||colspan="2"|–||0||0||28||3 |- ! colspan="3" |'''Career total''' !28!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!10!!0!!28!!3 |} ;Notes {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

==References== {{reflist}}

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