Jordan Williams
Personal information
Full name Jordan Lee Raymond Williams[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992[2]
Place of birth Whiston, England
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 The New Saints
Number 17
Youth career
Penlake Juniors
Ashton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ashton Athletic
2012 Clitheroe
2012–2015 Burscough
2015–2016 Northwich Victoria
2016–2017 Barrow 61 (16)
2017–2019 Rochdale 30 (2)
2018 → Lincoln City (loan) 11 (0)
2019–2020 AFC Fylde 32 (9)
2020–2021 Stockport County 17 (0)
2021– The New Saints 39 (15)
International career
2016 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023

Jordan Lee Raymond Williams (born 13 December 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Cymru Premier side The New Saints, as a winger.

Club career

Born in Whiston,[3] Williams grew up supporting Liverpool and played for the youth teams of Penlake Juniors and Ashton Athletic.[4] He graduated to the reserves and first team at Ashton, and then followed the manager to Clitheroe,[4] in May 2012.[5] He departed from the club in November 2012 for Burscough[6] who he played for whilst studying for a teaching degree at nearby Edge Hill University.[4] He moved to Northwich Victoria in summer 2015 where he helped the club progress to the second round of the 2015–16 FA Cup, where over the ten game run he scored six goals.[4]

In January 2016 he signed for Barrow,[7] before signing for League One club Rochdale in June 2017.[8] He moved on loan to Lincoln City in January 2018.[9] Williams was cup-tied for Lincoln's win in the 2018 EFL Trophy Final.[10]

He was released by Rochdale at the end of the 2018–19 season.[11] On 31 May 2019, Williams agreed to join National League side AFC Fylde on a two-year contract following the expiration of his contract with Rochdale.[12]

On 14 August 2020, Williams signed a two-year contract with for Stockport County for an undisclosed fee.[13]

In June 2021, he signed for Cymru Premier side, The New Saints.[14] He scored seventeen goals in 41 games for the club during the 2021–22 season including scoring twice in a 3–2 victory in the final of the Welsh Cup.[15]

International career

Williams was capped by the England C team during his time at Barrow, winning his only cap in 2016.[3]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2022
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barrow 2015–16[16] 205000000205
2016–17[16] 41115100425014
Total 61165100427019
Rochdale 2017–18[17] 110102050190
2018–19[18] 192200031243
Total 302302081433
Lincoln City (loan) 2017–18[17] 110000000110
AFC Fylde 2019–20[16] 3294300333915
Stockport County 2020–21[16] 170300020220
The New Saints 2021–22[16] 301452006[lower-alpha 1]14117
Career total 181421862023722654

Honours

The New Saints

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jordan Williams". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Biography: Jordan Williams". Rochdale AFC. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Interview: FA Cup hero Jordan Williams determined to fire Northwich Victoria into the third round". Shoot. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Manager Update". Clitheroe FC. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "No Blues for happy Clitheroe manager". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Barrow: Northwich midfielder Jordan Williams joins Bluebirds". BBC Sport. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jordan Williams: Rochdale bring in midfielder from Barrow". BBC Sport. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Lincoln City sign Jordan Williams on loan from Rochdale and James Wilson after Sheffield United exit". BBC Sport. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "In-form Lincoln City pose big threat to Shrewsbury Town in Checkatrade Trophy final". shropshirestar.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Aaron Wilbraham: Rochdale offer forward, 39, new deal". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Fylde Swoop to Bring In Jordan Williams". www.afcfylde.co.uk. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Williams Signs for County!". Stockport County FC Official Site. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "THIRD SUMMER ADDITION TO THE SQUAD, AS JORDAN WILLIAMS SIGNS FOR THE NEW SAINTS FC". The New Saints FC. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ↑ Townley, Martin (1 May 2022). "Penybont 2-3 The New Saints – Jordan Williams double secures Saints' eighth Welsh Cup". Y Clwb Pel-Droed. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Jordan Williams at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Jordan Williams in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Jordan Williams in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  19. ↑ "Cymru Premier: The New Saints win title with point against Penybont". BBC Sport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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