Josh Williams (English footballer)

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Josh Williams
Personal information
Full name Joshua Aaron Williams[1]
Date of birth (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 (age 19)[2]
Position(s) Full back, winger
Club information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 48
Youth career
2011–2022 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Birmingham City 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:42, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Joshua Aaron Williams (born 24 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full back or winger[3] for EFL Championship club Birmingham City.

Life and career[]

Williams attended Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy in Wolverhampton.[4] He joined Birmingham City's Academy in 2011 as an eight-year-old,[5] and took up a two-year scholarship with the club in July 2019.[6] According to the then academy manager Kristjaan Speakman, Williams "is a powerful and athletic player who is able to play in a range of positions. In central and wide positions he's able to run with and without the ball into dangerous spaces and in higher areas of the pitch regardless of his position, has demonstrated an eye for goal."[6]

Williams played for Birmingham's U23 team as they beat Sheffield United U23 in the national final of that season's Professional Development League. Nominally at right back, he had so little defensive work to do in the first half that the Birmingham Mail's ratings described him as "basically ... an auxiliary winger".[7] He was one of five under-18s offered their first professional contract in 2021,[8] and one of four who accepted.[9] Ahead of the 2021–22 season he played in two first-team pre-season friendlies.[10][11]

Williams made his senior debut as a substitute in Birmingham's 2021–22 FA Cup third-round match at home to League One club Plymouth Argyle, replacing Maxime Colin halfway through extra time when Birmingham were losing 1–0 and reduced to ten men.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 8 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 2021–22[13] Championship 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Career total 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players" (PDF). English Football League. 23 June 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "J. Williams". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Josh Williams". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy [@OurLadyStChad] (22 July 2021). "Josh Williams signs his first professional football contract with @BCFC He has worked so hard and we are so proud" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Josh Williams [@JJWILLIAMS24] (28 July 2011). "Played my first game for Birmingham City Academy we won 17-0 against Peterborough Utd" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b "Revealed: Blues' new scholars for 2019/20". Birmingham City F.C. 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ Dick, Brian (24 May 2021). "Blues U23s vs Sheff Utd U23s player ratings: Man City trainee sparkles as George blunts Blades". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Birmingham City: Jon Toral and Dan Crowley among 13 players released". BBC Sport. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Blues quartet sign pro deals". Birmingham City F.C. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Report: Blues 1–1 Barrow AFC". Birmingham City F.C. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Report: Blues 7–0 Salford City XI". Birmingham City F.C. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Birmingham City vs. Plymouth Argyle 0–1". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Games played by Josh Williams in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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