| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Williams | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–1999 | Southampton | 21 | (0) |
| 1999 | Swindon Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Swindon Town | 40 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Bath City | ||
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andy Williams (born 8 October 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Williams began his playing career as a trainee at Southampton. After a brief loan spell at Swindon Town in 1999, the Wiltshire club signed him on a permanent basis and he went on to make a total of 47 appearances in all competitions in his twenty months at the club, scoring one goal. In 2001 he gave up playing full-time football due to injury. He joined Bath City, and began a career with the police.[1] He spent three years in Bath before being forced to entirely retire from football due to a knee injury in 2004.[2]
Williams won two full caps for Wales, against Brazil in 1997 and Malta in 1998.[3]
He was brought up in Bishop Sutton, attending the local secondary school Chew Valley School. Andy now works at Future Publishing in Bath. He lives near Bristol.[4]