Welsh association football player

This article is about the Welsh football player. For the spanish football player, see Nico Williams Neco Shay Williams ( born 13 April 2001 ) is a Welsh professional football player who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Wales national team.

Club career [edit ]

Williams joined the academy of Liverpool at the senesce of six and progressed through the young ranks, representing the club at U18, U19 and U23 level, american samoa well as in the UEFA Youth League. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He suffered a serious back injury which ruled him out for most of the 2017–18 season, but recovered his topographic point to feature in the cabaret ‘s triumphant FA Youth Cup campaign two years late. [ 8 ] Williams ‘ class at young person level was rewarded when, on 30 October 2019, he made his debut for the senior side, starting in a 5–5 ( 5–4 ) punishment shoot out gain over Arsenal in the EFL Cup. He featured prominently in the match and recorded a last-minute help for Divock Origi ‘s finish to send the meet to penalties, where Liverpool emerged triumphant. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In December, he was included in Liverpool ‘s police squad which won the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, although he was an unused utility in both of the clubhouse ‘s matches in the competition. [ 11 ] Following the plow of the year, he starred in a team largely made up of teenagers and reserves that defeated Merseyside rivals Everton in the FA Cup 3rd round, and Shrewsbury Town in the 4th round replay, forcing an own finish from Ro-Shaun Williams in the latter fixture to secure his english ‘s progress in the rival. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the match against Shrewsbury, Williams was besides part of a starting line-up that was the youngest in Liverpool ‘s history, with an average age of 19 years and two days. [ 14 ] His Premier League introduction followed on 24 June 2020, shortly after campaign resumed following a three-month long suspension caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, when he featured as a 74th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win over Crystal Palace. [ 15 ] Williams would go on to make enough appearances to secure his league winners ‘ decoration, [ 16 ] and a few weeks later on 17 August, he signed a new long-run distribute with the Reds. [ 17 ]

International career [edit ]

Williams was born in Wrexham, Wales and has represented Wales at Under 19 tied. In August 2020 he was called into the aged Wales police squad for the foremost fourth dimension. [ 18 ] Williams made his Wales debut in a 1–0 UEFA Nations League win over Finland on 3 September 2020. [ 19 ] He scored his beginning goal for the senior team on the 6 September 2020 against Bulgaria in the UEFA Nations League, scoring the winning goal in a 1–0 victory for Wales. [ 20 ] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales team for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [ 21 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Williams has a younger brother, Keelan Williams, who plays for Burnley ‘s Under 18 side. [ 22 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 20 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool U21 2019–20[23] — — — — — 2[a] 2 2 2
Liverpool 2019–20[23] Premier League 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2020–21[24] Premier League 6 0 1 0 2 0 4[b] 0 1[c] 0 14 0
2021–22[25] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2[b] 0 — 4 0
Total 13 0 5 0 4 0 6 0 1 0 29 0
Career total 13 0 5 0 4 0 6 0 3 2 31 2

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 November 2021[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2020 6 1
2021 11 1
Total 17 2
As of match played 8 October 2021.
Wales’ score listed first, score column indicates score after each Williams goal.[26]

Honours [edit ]

Liverpool Youth
Liverpool

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
  • Neco Williams – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata

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