Gareth Williams (soccer player, 1981)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Gareth John Williams | |
| birthday | December 16, 1981 | |
| place of birth | Glasgow , Scotland | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | midfield player | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1995-1999 | Nottingham Forest | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1999-2004 | Nottingham Forest | 142 (9) |
| 2004-2007 | Leicester City | 78 (3) |
| 2007-2009 | Watford FC | 3 (0) |
| 2017– | CD Almuñecar City | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2000-2003 | Scotland U-21 | 13 (1) |
| 2002 | Scotland | 5 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2016– | Málaga City Academy | |
| 2017– | CD Almuñecar City | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gareth John Williams (born December 16, 1981 in Glasgow ) is a former Scottish football player . In 2002 he played five internationals for the Scottish national team .
Player career
Nottingham Forest
Coming from his own youth academy, Gareth Williams made his debut on December 26, 1999 for Nottingham Forest in the Football League First Division 1999/2000 . Two seasons later , Williams (44 league games) became a regular under new coach Paul Hart . Hart had previously successfully coached the club's youth team and integrated other young players into the first team in addition to Williams with Andy Reid , Michael Dawson and Jermaine Jenas . In the 2002/03 season Forest reached sixth place in the table, but failed in the first play-off round at Sheffield United .
Leicester City and Watford FC
On July 1, 2004, Williams left the financially ailing club and moved to the Premier League relegated Leicester City . With his new club, he spent the following two seasons only in midfield of the newly introduced Football League Championship , before moving to the first division club Watford on January 31, 2007 . After his first division debut on February 3, 2007 in a 0-1 home defeat to Bolton Wanderers , he played two more league games until the end of the season and rose with Watford as bottom of the Premier League 2006/07 .
In April 2007, Williams tore a cruciate ligament which ultimately led to the premature end of his playing career.
Scottish national team
Williams made his debut for the Scottish national team on April 17, 2002 in a 2-1 home defeat in a friendly against Nigeria. He played his fifth and last international match on November 20, 2002 in a 2-0 defeat in Portugal.
Coaching career
In the summer of 2016, he became the coach of the Málaga City Academy Football Academy , from Torrox Costa in the province of Málaga . In August 2017 he also became a player-coach for the Tercera Andaluza club CD Almuñecar City . ,
Web links
- Gareth Williams in the soccerbase.com database
- Data of the individual seasons
- Internationals for Scotland
- Gareth Williams in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Williams completes Watford switch (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Watford 0-1 Bolton (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Scotland - Nigeria 1: 2 (eu-football)
- ↑ Portugal - Scotland 2-0 (eu-football)
- ↑ Gareth Williams - Málaga City Academy ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CD Almunecar City has mostly players from overseas; young professional players, out of contract senior pros and graduates from their academy in Torrox. There are at least 5 Brits in the team including Gareth Williams, an ex Scotland international with 200+ games under his belt for Leicester City and Watford
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Williams, Gareth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Williams, Gareth John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow , Scotland |