Javi Poves
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Poves Gómez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atlético Madrid | |||
| Rayo Vallecano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Rayo B | ||
| 2006–2007 | Las Rozas | ||
| 2007–2008 | Navalcarnero | ||
| 2008–2010 | Sporting B | 63 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Sporting Gijón | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | S.S. Reyes | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 May 2015. | |||
Javier "Javi" Poves Gómez (born 28 September 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender.
Football career
Born in Madrid, Poves played youth football with hometown clubs Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano, going on to make his senior debuts in amateur football also in the community, with Rayo Vallecano B, Las Rozas CF and CDA Navalcarnero. In 2008 he joined Sporting de Gijón, being assigned to the reserve team in Segunda División B.[1]
Poves made his first and only appearance for the Asturians' main squad on 21 May 2011, playing in the goalless La Liga draw at Hércules CF on the final day of the season as a second-half substitute for David Barral.[2]
He refused to use a bank account and returned a free car which Sporting had given to each of their players, and retired in August 2011 for reasons of conscience, stating:[3]
| “ | What I've seen from within makes it clear: professional football is only money and corruption. It's capitalism, and capitalism is death. I don't want to be part of a system based on people earning money at the expense of the deaths of others in South America, Africa and Asia. To put it simply, my conscience will not let me continue with this. | ” |
Poves made a return to football on 12 July 2014, signing with Madrid-based UD San Sebastián de los Reyes of Tercera División.[4]
References
- ↑ "El Dinamo de Bucarest sigue a Javi Poves" [Dinamo Bucharest are following Javi Poves] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "Despedida entre pitos" [Farewell between boos] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Peinado, Quique (6 August 2011). "El 'futbolista antisistema' se retira: "El fútbol es corrupción, dinero y muerte"" [The ‘anti-system footballer’ retires: "Football is corruption, money and death"] (in Spanish). La Información. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ↑ "De la mano de Juan Sabas llega: Javi Poves" [By the hand of Juan Sabas arrives: Javi Poves] (in Spanish). S. S. Reyes. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
External links
- Javi Poves profile at BDFutbol
- Javi Poves profile at Futbolme (Spanish)