Gareth Williams (footballer)
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Gareth John Williams (born December 16, 1981) is a Scottish professional footballer of Welsh descent, who currently plays for Leicester City.
He started his career at Nottingham Forest before signing a 3 year deal with midlands rivals Leicester City in July 2004. He was a product of Paul Hart's successful youth system alongside Jermaine Jenas and David Prutton at Forest, Williams was described as the "best passer at the club" by former City Ground boss David Platt.
He has captained the Scotland Under-21 team and won the first of his 5 full caps against Nigeria at Pittodrie in April 2002. Until this point, he had been eligible to play for Wales.
As a child, he was a supporter of Rangers.
| Leicester City F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Douglas | 2 Maybury | 3 Kisnorbo | 4 Kenton | 5 McCarthy | 6 Hughes | 7 Hume | 8 Williams | 10 Johnson | 11 Tiatto | 12 Fryatt | 13 Henderson | 14 McAuley | 15 Johansson | 16 Low | 17 Stearman | 18 Hammond | 19 O'Grady | 20 Wesolowski | 21 Sheehan | 22 Sylla | 23 Welsh | 25 Logan | 26 Dodds | 27 Porter | 28 Gradel | 29 Lycett | 32 King | 33 Odhiambo | -- Chambers | Manager: Kelly |
