Jacques Williams

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Jacques Williams
Personal information
Date of birth 25 April 1981 (1981-04-25) (age 27)
Place of birth    Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
Bordeaux
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2002
2003–2004
2005–2006		 Birmingham City
Scarborough
Excelsior Virton		 03 (0)
12 (1)
03 (0)   
National team2
1999–2000 England U-18

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Jacques Williams (born 25 April 1981) is an English-born professional footballer who played for Birmingham City in the Football League as a midfielder.

[edit] Football career

Williams was born in Liverpool but grew up in France. He started his football career in the youth system at Bordeaux, and played for the Bordeaux junior side which won the French under-18 championship.[1] At the age of 18 he came to England together with fellow French youngster Trésor Luntala, and following successful trials, both players joined Birmingham City on free transfers before the 1999–2000 season.[2] Eligible to play international football for both England and France,[3] Williams represented England at under-18 level.[1] He made his first-team debut for Birmingham in August 2000, playing one game in the League Cup and then three Division One games, but his development was interrupted by the need for a hernia operation.[4] Though he recovered sufficiently to resume playing reserve team football, scoring the goals which put the team into the semifinal of the Birmingham Senior Cup,[5] a spate of injuries meant that those four games were all he played for Birmingham's first team before being released when his contract expired.[1]

He had a trial at Crewe Alexandra, on the recommendation of former assistant manager Brian Eastick, then Academy Director at Birmingham,[3] but no contract ensued.

He joined Conference side Scarborough for the 2003–04 season, but sustained a broken rib and punctured lung in only his second game, complications from which meant a prolonged stay in hospital and three months out of football.[6][7] Returning in November 2003, he played a further ten league games,[8] but was only an unused substitute in the club's FA Cup fourth round match against Premier League Chelsea,[9] despite scoring and hitting the post in the preceding league game.[10] He then injured an ankle,[11] and was released at the end of the season.[12]

He spent the 2005–06 season with Belgian Second Division club Excelsior Virton for whom he made three substitute appearances.[13]

In August 2006 he had a trial with Brighton & Hove Albion, scoring a goal in an 11–0 rout of French amateur side Racing Club Port du Havre,[14] and making a promising substitute appearance in a 2–0 defeat against Le Havre AC,[15] but manager Mark McGhee decided against signing him.[16]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Jacques of all trades. Scarborough F.C. (2003-08-02). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  2. ^ Anderson, David. "Football: Edwards rules out FA Cup proposals", The Independent, 1999-07-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  3. ^ a b "Midfielder and striker are hoping to shine on trial", Crewe Guardian, 2002-07-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  4. ^ "Football: Stan's The Man To Keep Blues On Pace", Birmingham Post, 2000-10-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  5. ^ "Football: That's all right Jacques", Birmingham Evening Mail, 2001-02-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  6. ^ Williams still in hospital. Scarborough F.C. (2003-09-06). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  7. ^ "Williams resumes training", BBC Sport, 2003-10-28. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  8. ^ Player Details: Season 2003-2004 Jacques Williams. SoccerFactsUK. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  9. ^ "Scarborough 0–1 Chelsea", BBC Sport, 2004-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  10. ^ Welbourn, Peter. "Jacques the lad - Conference", News of the World, 2004-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  11. ^ Shrews news. Scarborough F.C. (2004-02-19). Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  12. ^ "Nationwide Conference club-by-club guide 2004/2005", The Daily Telegraph, 2004-08-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  13. ^ Jacques Williams. SportWereld.be. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.(Dutch)
  14. ^ Paul Camillin (2006-08-01). Comprehensive Victory For Albion. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. Retrieved on 2008-03-31.
  15. ^ "Albion back on Brittain's trail", The Argus, 2006-07-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  16. ^ Gurney, Tom. "July 26: Loan man a must after Hinsh blow", The Argus, 2006-07-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 

[edit] External links

Jacques Williams career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME Williams, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-04-25
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH