Mike Williams (footballer born 1986)

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Personal information
Mike Williams
Full name	Mike Williams
Date of birth	October 27, 1986 (1986-10-27) (age 21)
Place of birth	Colwyn Bay, Wales
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Wrexham
Number	15
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-	Wrexham	44 (0)
National team²
2004-2005 2006-	Wales U19 Wales U21	07 (1) 11 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14-11-2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mike Williams (born 27 October 1986 in Colwyn Bay), is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Football League Two side Wrexham.

He is a solid defender who was born in Wrexham and has risen up their youth ranks to become an established player among their back four, aged 19. He is also the older brother of Marc Williams who plays striker for Wrexham. Both the brothers had a couple of appearances during the middle of the 2006/07 season together. He currently plays for Wales U-21's, also alongside his younger brother.

One of his more recent performances was against Barnet which Wrexham won 2-1 away with Lee McEvilly scoring twice. Another performance was against Shrewsbury Town which, unfortunately Wrexham lost 3-1, but he still gave a solid performance not allowing Derek Asamoah any space to breathe. He also had a very good game against Mansfield Town where the result was 0-0 and, more recently against fellow strugglers Macclesfield Town which resulted in a 2-0 victory for the Silkmen. Mike Williams also gained Wrexham's man of the match performance against Peterborough United which resulted in a 0-0 draw and also featured in Wrexham's 2-0 victory over second placed Darlington. He is currently fighting for a permanent fixture in Brian Little's new Wrexham squad which includes Danny Sonner, Paul Hall, Stuart Nicholson, Gavin Ward, Jeff Whitley and Carl Tremarco. After an 87 year stay in the Football League Wrexham Football Club were relegated, meaning Mike will have to play Conference National football unless he finds another club to play his football next season over the summer.

He is the third post-war player called Mike Williams to play for Wrexham. The first came through the youth system in the 1970s, with the second joining from Chester City in 1984 ^[1].

[edit] References

^ Barry Hugman (2005). The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records, 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press, p.662-663. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.

v • d • e Wrexham A.F.C. – current squad

1 T. Williams • 2 Spender • 4 Pejic • 5 S. Evans • 6 Hope • 10 Proctor • 12 Ward • 15 Mike Williams • 18 Mackin • 19 Fleming • 20 Done • 21 Marc Williams • 22 Murtagh • 24 G. Evans • 25 Taylor • 29 Aiston • 31 Baynes • 36 Tremarco • 38 Whelan • Carden • Manager: Little