| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willian Pozo-Venta Angell | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, Attacker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sofiemyr | |||
| –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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Norway U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cuba | 17 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2023 | |||
Willian Pozo-Venta Angell (born 27 August 1997) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a winger or attacker for Finnish club KTP. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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. 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 June 3, 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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 | This biographical article related to Cuban association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| This biographical article relating to Norwegian football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Havana
- Norwegian people of Cuban descent
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Follo FK players
- FC Zimbru Chișinău players
- Stomil Olsztyn S.A. players
- Strømmen IF players
- Notodden FK players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Men's association football forwards
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in France
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Cuban football biography stubs
- Norwegian football biography stubs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willian Pozo-Venta Angell | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, Attacker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | KTP | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sofiemyr | |||
| –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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Norway U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Norway U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021– | Cuba | 17 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2023 | |||
Willian Pozo-Venta Angell (born 27 August 1997) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a winger or attacker for Finnish club KTP. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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. 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 June 3, 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
| | |
|
| This biographical article related to Cuban association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This biographical article relating to Norwegian football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Havana
- Norwegian people of Cuban descent
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Follo FK players
- FC Zimbru Chișinău players
- Stomil Olsztyn S.A. players
- Strømmen IF players
- Notodden FK players
- Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players
- Norwegian Second Division players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Veikkausliiga players
- Men's association football forwards
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Norwegian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in France
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Cuban football biography stubs
- Norwegian football biography stubs