Rachel Williams (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rachel Louise Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Leicester, England | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5.5 ft) | ||
| Playing position |
Midfielder / Forward |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Notts County | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Linden Old Girls | |||
| Leicester City Women | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Leicester City Women | ||
| 2008–2010 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
| 2010 | Leicester City Women | ||
| 2011–2013 | Birmingham City Ladies | 38 | (21) |
| 2014 | Chelsea | 8 | (2) |
| 2015– | Notts County | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | England | 13 | (4) |
| 2012– | Great Britain | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Rachel Louise Williams (born 10 January 1988) is an English international women's footballer who plays for Notts County of the FA WSL. Before joining Notts County, Williams spent one year at Chelsea Ladies and three years at Birmingham City Ladies, where she was converted from an attacking midfielder to a striker. Williams made her senior England debut in July 2009 but had to wait two years for her next appearance, missing out on selection for Women's Euro 2009 and the 2011 Women's World Cup. She was selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics.
Williams joined Leicester City Women as a twelve–year–old, progressing through their centre of excellence to play in their senior side. She was vice–captain as the side won the County League in 2005. and the following season was a member of the side that again won the County League, but also the County Cup. In the 2006–07 season, Williams was a member of the Leicester side that won the treble of the East Midlands Women's Premier League title, the County Cup and the League Cup and promotion to the Midlands Combination League. The following season she was part of the Leicester team that won promotion to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.
She left Leicester at the end of the 2007–08 season to join Doncaster Rovers Belles. She was the FA Premier League player of the month for October 2008, and was a member of the Doncaster side that lost to Arsenal Ladies in the 2009 FA Women's Premier League Cup final. She ended her first season with Doncaster as the club's Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year.
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