Willian Pozo-Venta
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Willian Pozo-Venta Angell | ||
Date of birth | (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, attacker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Grorud | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sofiemyr | |||
0000–2013 | Follo | ||
2013–2014 | Metz | ||
2014–2015 | Tromsø | ||
2016 | Follo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Tromsø 3 | 5 | (0) |
2015 | Tromsø 2 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Follo 2 | 16 | (11) |
2016–2017 | Follo | 18 | (1) |
2018 | Zimbru Chișinău | 18 | (2) |
2019 | Stomil Olsztyn II | 5 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Strømmen | 9 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Notodden | 28 | (7) |
2023 | KTP | 17 | (3) |
2024– | Grorud | 11 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Norway U18 | 6 | (0) |
2021– | Cuba | 22 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2024 |
Willian Pozo-Venta Angell (born 27 August 1997) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacker for Grorud. A former youth international for Norway, he represents the Cuba national team.[1][2]
Club career
In 2015, Pozo-Venta trialed for Stoke City in the English Premier League after playing for the youth academy of French Ligue 1 side Metz.[3] Before the 2018 season, he signed for Zimbru Chișinău in Moldova from Norwegian Second Division club Follo.[4][5][6] Before the 2020 season, he signed for Strømmen in the Norwegian First Division from the reserves of Polish second division team Stomil Olsztyn.[7][8][9] On 27 August 2021, he moved to Notodden in the Norwegian Second Division.[10]
On 13 January 2023, Pozo-Venta signed a one-year contract with KTP in Finland.[11]
International career
Born in Cuba, Pozo-Venta moved to Norway at the age of 4. He was a youth international for Norway.[12] He made his debut with the Cuba national team in a 5–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over British Virgin Islands on 2 June 2021.[13]
Number | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 November 2021 | Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
2 | 5 June 2022 | Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B |
3 | 12 September 2023 | Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
References
- ^ "Willian (24) nyter bøker, NFK og det cubanske landslaget". Telen (in Norwegian). 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Slo til medspiller på trening – ble utestengt i flere uker". Telemark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Tromsø-talentet: – Stoke er en utrolig stor mulighet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Fra benken i 2. divisjon til toppserien i Moldova". fotballkanalen.com (in Norwegian). 26 February 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Виллиан Позо Вента: «Хочется быть частью коллективного духа новой команды»". moldova.sports.md. 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Виллиан Позо: "В "Зимбру" мне очень понравились люди, тренер и условия"". old.moldfootball.com.
- ^ "Henter lynrask og driblesterk ving". sporten.com. 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Nowe twarze w Stomilu Olsztyn. Kontrakty podpisali Eric Molloy i Willian Pozo-Venta". radioolsztyn.pl.
- ^ "Og den nye vingen heter... Pozo" (in Norwegian). 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Willian Pozo klar for NFK" (in Norwegian). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "KTP VAHVISTUU KAHDELLA UUDELLA PELAAJALLA" [KTP IS STRENGTHENED WITH TWO NEW PLAYERS] (in Finnish). KTP. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ AS, TV 2 (24 May 2021). "Norske Willian (23) vokste opp på Holmlia - nå blir han landslagsspiller i utlandet". TV 2.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean - Matches - Cuba - British Virgin Islands". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
External links
- Willian Pozo-Venta at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Willian Pozo-Venta at Soccerway
- Willian Pozo-Venta at WorldFootball.net
- Willian Pozo-Venta at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- Willian Pozo-Venta at National-Football-Teams.com
- Stomil Olsztyn Profile
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