Katie Williams
Personal information
Full name Katie Williams
Date of birth (1984-05-24) 24 May 1984
Place of birth Bangor, Wales
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Bangor City Girls F.C.
2004–2007 Tranmere Rovers
2007–2009 Blackburn Rovers
2008 Fredericksburg Lady Gunners
2009–2011 Liverpool
International career‡
2004–2010 Wales 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2010

Katie Williams (born 24 May 1984) is a former footballer who played for the Welsh national team and Liverpool. Williams played as a central defender and accumulated twenty caps for Wales.

Club career

Williams began her career at home-town club Bangor City, before moving on to Tranmere Rovers and Blackburn Rovers.[1] She spent the 2008 off-season in the American W-League with the Fredericksburg Lady Gunners[2] but suffered a damaged cruciate ligament.[1] Williams also played for Caernarfon Town in the North Wales Women's Football League in 2015/2016 season.[3]

On her recovery she joined Liverpool.[1] In February 2011 Williams remained registered to Liverpool,[4] but she was not included in the club's 2011 FA WSL squad.

International career

Williams won six caps for Wales at U19 level.[5] She made her senior debut in a 3–2 Algarve Cup win over Portugal in March 2004.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Players". Liverpool Ladies Football Club. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Rovers end season at Arsenal after Everton defeat". Clitheroe Advertiser. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Jones, Dave (12 April 2016). "Female Focus: Katie Williams (Caernarfon Town)". North Wales Live. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Foster Named for Qualifiers". Liverpool Ladies Football Club. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 "International Teams – Katie Williams". Football Association of Wales. Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "International Matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2010.


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