Willis Plaza


Willis Deon Plaza is a Trinidadian international footballer who plays as a striker for Mohammedan.

Club career

Early years

In his early career, Plaza played club football in Trinidad and Vietnam for San Juan Jabloteh, Navibank Sài Gòn and Sông Lam Nghệ An, Central FC. In July 2014 he signed for Belgian club Visé.
In December 2015, Plaza signed a deal to join Salvadoran Primera División side Alianza in January 2016. In 2016, he returned to San Juan Jabloteh.

East Bengal

In January 2017, Plaza signed for Indian I-League club East Bengal. On 14 January, he scored his first goal for the club, scoring the winning goal in the 80th minute of a 2–1 victory against DSK Shivajians.
On 4 July 2017, it was announced that the club had retained Plaza for the upcoming season. In January 2018, he was released by the club.

Mohammedan/Churchill Brothers

It was announced that Willis would sign for Mohammedan from 8 February 2018. He then moved to Churchill Brothers in March 2018.
He scored a brace for Churchill in their Indian Super Cup qualifier against Delhi Dynamos and helped his side to advance in to the final round of the tournament. later he was included in Churchill's squad for remaining matches of the Goa Professional League.
He was retained by Churchill Brothers for the 2019 season. In April 2019 he moved on loan to Bashundhara Kings.
In July 2020 he returned to Mohammedan.

International career

He made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago on 22 January 2012.

Personal life

Plaza has said that his ancestors lived in the southern part of the Indian city of Kolkata. During his school days, Plaza played cricket and was a friend of West Indian international Sunil Narine. In an interview, he said that Narine was his close friend and both of them idolised Brian Lara. He also said that he started playing football on the advice of his coach.

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 3 June 2016

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 February 2012Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda24–04–0Friendly
210 October 2012Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis34–14–12012 Caribbean Cup
314 October 2012Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis58–010–02012 Caribbean Cup
414 October 2012Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis59–010–02012 Caribbean Cup
55 September 2013King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia81–33–3Friendly
63 June 2016Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China231–32–4Friendly
73 June 2016Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China232–32–4Friendly