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== International career==
== International career==
Born in Cuba, Pozo-Venta moved to Norway at the age of 4. He was a youth international for Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/14015197/|title=Norske Willian (23) vokste opp på Holmlia - nå blir han landslagsspiller i utlandet|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2}}</ref> He made his debut with the [[Cuba national football team|Cuba national team]] in a 5-0 [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]] win over [[British Virgin Islands national football team|British Virgin Islands]] on 2 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136240/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603032706/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136240/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2021|title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean - Matches - Cuba - British Virgin Islands - FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com}}</ref>
Born in Cuba, Pozo-Venta moved to Norway at the age of 4. He was a youth international for Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/14015197/|title=Norske Willian (23) vokste opp på Holmlia - nå blir han landslagsspiller i utlandet|first=TV 2|last=AS|website=TV 2}}</ref> He made his debut with the [[Cuba national football team|Cuba national team]] in a 5-0 [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]] win over [[British Virgin Islands national football team|British Virgin Islands]] on 2 June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136240/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603032706/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136240/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 3, 2021|title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean - Matches - Cuba - British Virgin Islands - FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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]] || {{fb|NIC}} || 3-0 || 3-0 || Friendly
|-
| 2 || 5 June 2022 || Estadio Antonio Maceo, [[Santiago de Cuba]], Cuba || {{fb|BRB}} || 1-0 || 3-0 || [[2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B]]
|}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:29, 28 September 2022

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
 Notodden
Number 19
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– Notodden 11 (2)
International career‡
2014 Norway U17 3 (0)
2014–2015 Norway U18 6 (0)
2021– Cuba 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:37, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:37, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Willian Pozo-Venta Angell (born 27 August 1997) is a Cuban footballer who plays as a winger or attacker for Notodden. A former youth international for Norway, Pozo-Venta 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]

International career

Born in Cuba, Pozo-Venta moved to Norway at the age of 4. He was a youth international for Norway.[11] 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.[12]

List of international goals scored by Willian Pozo
Number Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
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

  1. ^ "Willian (24) nyter bøker, NFK og det cubanske landslaget". telen.no.
  2. ^ "Slo til medspiller på trening – ble utestengt i flere uker". ta.no.
  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.
  6. ^ "Виллиан Позо: "В "Зимбру" мне очень понравились люди, тренер и условия"". old.moldfootball.com.
  7. ^ "Henter lynrask og driblesterk ving". sporten.com.
  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. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Willian Pozo klar for NFK" (in Norwegian). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. ^ AS, TV 2. "Norske Willian (23) vokste opp på Holmlia - nå blir han landslagsspiller i utlandet". TV 2.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Qualifiers - North, Central America and Caribbean - Matches - Cuba - British Virgin Islands - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021.


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