Iñaki Williams

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Iñaki Williams
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Personnel
Surname Iñaki Williams Arthuer
birthday June 15, 1994
place of birth Bilbao ,  Spain
size 186 cm
position Winger
Juniors
Years station
0000-2009 Natación Pamplona
2009–2012 CD Pamplona
2012-2013 Athletic Bilbao
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2014 CD Baskonia 18 0(7)
2014-2015 Athletic Bilbao B 32 (21)
2014– Athletic Bilbao 177 (38)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015– Spain U-21 12 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: January 3, 2020

2 As of May 25, 2017

Iñaki Williams Arthuer (born June 15, 1994 in Bilbao ) is a Spanish football player who plays for Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Primera División .

Career

society

Iñaki Williams was born in Bilbao to a Ghanaian father and a Liberian mother . After working for smaller clubs from Pamplona , he joined the youth department of Athletic Bilbao in 2012 at the age of 18 . In the same year, Williams made his debut in the men's division when the winger came up for cooperation partner CD Baskonia in the Tercera División , the fourth-highest division in Spanish football . In the summer of 2013 signed Williams at Athletic Bilbao moved a contract for four years until 2017 and was in the second team of the Basques, the Spanish in the third division, the Segunda División B , played. After Williams sustained a knee injury in the pre-season, he was not able to intervene again until October, but the teenager scored eight goals in 14 games this season.

Due to injury-related failures of some established offensive players, Williams was able to make his debut in the first team in December 2014. In the 0-1 home defeat against FC Córdoba , he played from the start for the ailing Aritz Aduriz in the striker, but was already replaced at halftime. Nevertheless, the talent was able to fight for a regular place in the first team. The Basque scored his first professional goal in the last sixteen of the UEFA Europa League in a 2-2 away draw against FC Turin . This makes Williams the first colored player to score for the club.

In the season 2015/16 the winger comes despite a broken leg at the beginning of the season, still continuously used.

National team

In March 2015, Williams was appointed to the squad of a Spanish national team for the first time. Under Albert Celades , he made his debut for the U-21 selection in a friendly against Norway when he came on for Munir at half-time .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ As Williams set to be called up for the Champions League
  2. ↑ ESPN Athletic Bilbao hoping to double Inaki Williams' buy-out clause
  3. ↑ Transfermarkt.de Athletic Bilbao 0-1 FC Córdoba
  4. ↑ Video of the gate
  5. ↑ Sky Sports Iñaki Williams becomes first black Athletic Bilbao goalscorer in 117-year history
  6. ↑ sefutbol.com Spain beats Norway and strengthens the team (2-0) ( Memento from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Iñaki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams Arthuer, Iñaki (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Bilbao , Spain