Darío Poveda (San Vicente del Raspeig, 1997) will contribute with his goals to Sociedad Deportiva Huesca. The striker has agreed a contract to join the club on loan from Getafe CF until the end of the season. With 15 appearances this season in LaLiga Santander and having played for two of the best youth teams in Spain (Villarreal CF and Atletico Madrid), Xisco sees the squad’s attacking prowess risen, as well as young talent to strengthen the team in LaLiga SmartBank. Forward with an imposing frame – 1.87m tall – and a wide variety of registers, he has chosen SD Huesca to continue growing.
Poveda began his youth career at Villarreal CF at the age of 11, and grew up there until he reached its second team, always in search of the goal. He made his first-team LaLiga and Europa League debut in 2017. The striker caught Atletico Madrid’s eye and signed for their second team one year after his professional debut. Virtually ever-present in Atletico’s second team starting line-up, it was only an unlucky injury what prevented him from being called up more often by Cholo Simeone, as he had already enjoyed his first minutes with the first team. He had become the surprise package of Atletico’s second team’s competition, having found the net 10 times in 10 games. Poveda worked hard to have another chance, and he found it at Getafe – first with a loan spell and then he signed for the club. The young forward has shown his character and has proved that he has the level to compete at the top by making the most of his chances at Getafe. One month ago, he gave the three points to his team at the injury time against Osasuna, and made his Copa del Rey debut scoring a goal for his team. Internationally, he represented the Spain Under-19 team in 2016 for the first time, playing three games in the Euro qualifying.
Poveda is a strong, explosive and fast striker with an uncanny knack for scoring goals. He is also dominant in the air and his crosses from the flank are dangerous, has skills to play with his back to goal and to find his teammates easily. He is a centre-forward yet he has a wide variety of qualities to play either as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. His talents are perfectly fit for SD Huesca’s football, who cannot wait to host him at El Alcoraz. Welcome, Darío!
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