Ian Carlo Poveda-Ocampo (born 9 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for EFL Championship club Sunderland and the Colombia national team.
Poveda started his career in the academy at Chelsea, where he was part of the same age group as Rhian Brewster, Marc Guéhi, Conor Gallagher and Reece James,[4][5] before being poached by Arsenal[5] and then Barcelona.
[6] Poveda was reported to have had a brief spell with Malaga-based side Puerto Malagueno between his stints at Arsenal and Barcelona, but did not play for, or officially register, with them.
[5] Poveda joined the academy at Brentford during the 2014 off-season,[7] having left Barcelona due to the club being prosecuted for signing minors illegally.
[12] On 18 July 2016, Poveda joined the academy at Premier League club Manchester City for an undisclosed fee and commenced a two-year scholarship.
[30] Blackburn later confirmed that following a scan, Poveda suffered both a fracture and ligament damage in his left ankle which will likely see the player ruled out for a significant amount of time.
[38][40] In March 2018, Poveda received his first international call-up for 18 months, for U18 friendlies versus Qatar, Belarus and a mixed-age Argentina team.
[42] On 4 October 2019, Poveda was included in the England U20 squad for the first time [43] and made his debut as a 72nd-minute substitute during a 2–2 draw away to Italy in the U20 Elite League.
[22] Poveda said in December 2019 that Raheem Sterling was a big brother figure to him at Manchester City helping him with positioning and advice in training.