Andy Williams (Welsh footballer)

Infobox Football biography


playername = Andy Williams
fullname = Andrew Williams
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|10|8
cityofbirth = Bristol
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Defender
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997 - 1999
1999
1999 - 2001
2001 - 2004
clubs = Southampton
Swindon Town (loan)
Swindon Town
Bath City
caps(goals) = 21 (0)
04 (0)
40 (1)
nationalyears = 1997 - 1998
nationalteam = Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 (0)
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Andy Williams (born 1977-10-08) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Williams began his playing career as a trainee at Southampton. After a brief loan spell at Swindon Town in 1999, the Wiltshire club signed him on a permanent basis and he went on to make a total of 47 appearances in all competitions in his twenty months at the club, scoring one goal. In 2001 he gave up playing full-time football due to injury. He joined Bath City, and began a career with the police. [cite web |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/teams/players.php?pid=9351 |title=Andy Williams player profile |work=nonleaguedaily.com |accessdate=2007-09-04 |format=HTML] He spent three years in Bath before being forced to entirely retire from football due to a knee injury in 2004. [cite web |url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/past_w.htm#williams_a |title=Past players |work=Bath City Football Club |accessdate=2007-09-04 |format=HTML]

Williams won two full caps for Wales, against Brazil in 1997 and Malta in 1998. [cite web |url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wal-intres90.html |title=Wales - International Results 1990-1999 - Details |work=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=2007-09-04 |format=HTML]

Personal life

He was brought up in Bishop Sutton, attending the local primary school Chew Valley School. Andy now works as a mortgage advisor in Bath. He married Claire Richardson in June 2007, and they now live in Trowbridge. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=International footballer weds |url= |work=Chew Valley Gazette |publisher= |date=Sept 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-04 ]

External links

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