Gerard Williams (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerard Geron Augustus Williams | ||
Date of birth | 4 June 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Saint Kitts and Nevis | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | TRAU FC | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Sunderland A.F.C. U23 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2007 | Old Road | ||
2009–2018 | W Connection | 34 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Cayon Rockets FC | 3 | |
2019– | TRAU FC[1] | 13[2] | (2) |
National team | |||
Saint Kitts and Nevis U20[3] | |||
2006– | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gerard Williams (born 4 June 1988) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballer who plays as a midfielder for TRAU FC in the I-League and the Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team.[4]
Club career[]
Williams began his youth football career at Old Road F.C., that competes in the Antigua and Barbuda Premier Division. Later he joined Sunderland A.F.C. U23 and played there until 1 July 2009.
W Connection[]
In 2007, he signed for TT Pro League heavyweights W Connection from local Saint Kitts and Nevis side Old Road.[5] He appeared in 19 CONCACAF Champions League matches with the Trinidadian side. He won some domestic and international trophies like TT Pro League, Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield and Caribbean Club Championship with the club from 2009 to 2018.
TRAU (India)[]
In 2019, Williams signed for the Indian I-League side TRAU F.C. and represented the Manipuri outfit in 13 league matches.[6] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win match against Churchill Brothers SC in 2020.[7]
On 25 December 2021, he signed again with TRAU ahead of the team's 2021–22 I-League season.
International career[]
He made his international debut for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team against Barbados on 20 October in 2006.[8]
He scored his first international goal in 2008 against Belize in a 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification match.
Honours[]
- List of tournaments, he won with his club W Connection.[9]
Club[]
- W Connection
- TT Pro League: 2018, 2011–12,[10] 2013–14; runner-up: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017
- Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield: 2012,[11] 2015, 2018
- Caribbean Club Championship: 2006, 2009; runner-up: 2012, 2015, 2016
See also[]
- Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballers
References[]
- ^ Gerard Williams (Soccer) bprnglorious.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021
- ^ Gerard Williams Soccer Statistics Football Database. Retrieved 7 March 2021
- ^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ One-on-one with Gerard Williams wired868.com
- ^ Gerard Williams footballer profile and clubs Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 March 2021
- ^ Prasad, Aashin (28 June 2020). "Lockdown eased, waiting to start: St Kitts and Nevis footballer Williams". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "I-League: TRAU continues winning run with 2-1 victory over Churchill Brothers". Sportstar the Hindu. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Gerard Williams". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "G. WILLIAMS". soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "W Connection lifts 2011-12 Digicel Pro League title in emphatic style". Randy Bando (TTProLeague.com). 30 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Charitable W Connection beat D/Force in season opener". Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com). 8 September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
External links[]
- Gerard Williams footballer profile at fmdataba.com
- SKN footballer Gerard Williams at fotmob.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Saint Kitts and Nevis footballers
- Saint Kitts and Nevis international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Expatriate footballers in Trinidad and Tobago
- TT Pro League players
- TRAU FC players
- Saint Kitts and Nevis under-20 international footballers
- Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate footballers
- Saint Kitts and Nevis expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago