Willian Pozo-Venta

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Willian Pozo-Venta
Personal information
Full name Willian Pozo-Venta Angell
Date of birth (1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacker
Team information
Current team
 Grorud
Number 11
Youth career
Sofiemyr
–2013 Follo
2013–2014 Metz
2014–2015 Tromsø
2016 Follo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 30 (6)
International career‡
2014 Norway U17 3 (0)
2014–2015 Norway U18 6 (0)
2021– Cuba 22 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals 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]

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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]

List of international goals scored by Willian Pozo
NumberDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2021 Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3–03–0Friendly
25 June 2022Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, CubaFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 1–03–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
312 September 2023Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, CubaFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1–01–0 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A

References

  1. ↑ "Willian (24) nyter bøker, NFK og det cubanske landslaget". Telen (in Norwegian). 3 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Slo til medspiller på trening – ble utestengt i flere uker". Telemark Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 22 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tromsø-talentet: – Stoke er en utrolig stor mulighet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Fra benken i 2. divisjon til toppserien i Moldova". fotballkanalen.com (in Norwegian). 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Виллиан Позо Вента: "Хочется быть частью коллективного духа новой команды"". moldova.sports.md. 23 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Виллиан Позо: "В "Зимбру" мне очень понравились люди, тренер и условия"". old.moldfootball.com.
  7. ↑ "Henter lynrask og driblesterk ving". sporten.com. 22 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nowe twarze w Stomilu Olsztyn. Kontrakty podpisali Eric Molloy i Willian Pozo-Venta". radioolsztyn.pl.
  9. ↑ "Og den nye vingen heter... Pozo" (in Norwegian). 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Willian Pozo klar for NFK" (in Norwegian). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "KTP VAHVISTUU KAHDELLA UUDELLA PELAAJALLA" [KTP IS STRENGTHENED WITH TWO NEW PLAYERS] (in Finnish). KTP. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  12. ↑ AS, TV 2 (24 May 2021). "Norske Willian (23) vokste opp på Holmlia - nå blir han landslagsspiller i utlandet". TV 2.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "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.


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