Mark Williams (Northern Irish footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Mark Williams


fullname = Mark Williams
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|9|28
cityofbirth = Stalybridge
countryofbirth = England
height = height|meters=1.83|df=y
position = Defender
years = 1991–1992 1992–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2002–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005
clubs = Newtown Shrewsbury Town Chesterfield Watford Wimbledon → Stoke City "(loan)" Columbus Crew Milton Keynes Dons Rushden
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?) 099 0(3) 168 (12) 022 0(1) 070 0(8) 006 0(0) 005 0(0) 005 0(0) 007 0(0)
nationalyears = 1999–2005
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 036 0(1)

Mark Williams (born September 28, 1970 in Stalybridge, Cheshire) is a former football (soccer) defender.He started his career at Newtown, then moved to Shrewsbury Town and after 3 seasons with the Shrews moved to Chesterfield. In 1999 he was signed by newly-promoted Premier League side Watford. However, at the end of the season the Hornets were relegated outright, in bottom place with just 24 points and Williams moved to another relegated side Wimbledon. Although an integral part of the team in his first season, he lost his place and was loaned out to Stoke City for the 2002/03 season. After Wimbledon's relocation to Milton Keynes he stayed with the new team and spent his last season of football with Rushden and Diamonds.On international level Williams played for Northern Ireland between 1999 and 2005 and won 36 caps, scoring once [web cite
url=http://www.irishfa.com/squad-profiles/127/senior/mark-williams-defender/
title=Irish Football Association, Northern Ireland - Squad Profiles - Mark Williams - Defender] .

He also had a spell with Major League Soccer team Columbus Crew in 2003, playing 5 games. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/mls/crew/03stats.htm 2003 Columbus Crew Statistics] , USA Today.]

In 2006, Williams married glamour model and former pornographic actress Linsey Dawn McKenzie. The couple have one child, Luca Scott Mark Williams, born in May 2005.

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* [http://www.irishfa.com/squad-profiles/127/senior/mark-williams-defender/ Northern Ireland profile] williams also has a daughter by a previous marrage

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