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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 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

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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

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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
Number Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 November 2021 Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua  Nicaragua 3–0 3–0 Friendly
2 5 June 2022 Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba  Barbados 1–0 3–0 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B
3 12 September 2023 Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba  Suriname 1–0 1–0 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A

References

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  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. 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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