Tony Williams (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Simon Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Maesteg, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Gillingham (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Hartlepool United | 131 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Swansea City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Grimsby Town | 46 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Carlisle United | 11 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Bury (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Wrexham (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Wrexham | 27 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Neath | 20 | (0) |
| 2012 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 288 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–2000 | Wales U21 | 16 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bury (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Crawley Town (assistant manager) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Portsmouth (assistant manager/goalkeeping coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:34, 14 January 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC) |
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Anthony Simon Williams (born 20 September 1977 in Maesteg) is a Welsh former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1997 until 2012. He came through the youth ranks at Premier League side Blackburn Rovers before going on to feature for Queens Park Rangers, Macclesfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers, Gillingham, Hartlepool United, Swansea City, , Grimsby Town, Carlisle United, Bury, Wrexham and Neath. Williams is also a former Wales U-21 player.
Williams began his career as a trainee at Blackburn Rovers in 1997 and had loan spells at Queens Park Rangers, Macclesfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers and Gillingham in three seasons but made no appearances for Blackburn.
Williams joined Hartlepool United on a free transfer in June 2000 and started 131 league games in four seasons at Victoria Park, helping Hartlepool to the Division Three play-off semi-final in the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, and to promotion in the 2002–03 season. He lost his place in the first-team to Jim Provett at the start of the 2003–04 season and had loan spells with Swansea City and . At the end of the season, his contract was not renewed and he was released by Hartlepool.
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