Willian Pozo-Venta

Willian Pozo-Venta
Personal information
Full name	Willian Pozo-Venta Angell
Date of birth	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
2015	Tromsø 3
2015	Tromsø 2
2016–2017	Follo 2
2016–2017	Follo
2018	Zimbru Chișinău
2019	Stomil Olsztyn II
2020–2021	Strømmen
2021–2022	Notodden
2023	KTP
2024–	Grorud
International career‡
2014	Norway U17
2014–2015	Norway U18
2021–	Cuba
	*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]

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

^ "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.{{cite web}}: 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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[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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