Gareth Williams (Welsh footballer)

Gareth Williams
Personal information
Full name Gareth Williams
Date of birth 10 September 1982 (1982-09-10) (age 29)
Place of birth Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Bromley
Youth career
2001–2002 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Crystal Palace 8 (0)
2003 Colchester United (loan) 8 (6)
2003 Cambridge United (loan) 4 (1)
2004 Bournemouth (loan) 1 (0)
2004 Colchester United (loan) 7 (2)
2004–2006 Colchester United 55 (7)
2006 Blackpool (loan) 9 (3)
2006 Weymouth 2 (0)
2006–2010 Bromley ? (?)
2010 Croydon Athletic ? (?)
2010– Ebbsfleet United 24 (0)
National team
Wales U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:04, 19 May 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:04, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Gareth Williams (born 10 September 1982) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a forward for Bromley.

Career

Williams began in the Crystal Palace youth team and had been a prolific scorer in the reserves. His rich vein of form for the second-string was rewarded with a debut for the first team as a substitute against Norwich City at Carrow Road in November 2002.

Williams had an impressive loan spell for Colchester City in January 2003, scoring six goals in six starts. Williams went on loan to Cambridge for a month in October 2003 and Bournemouth in February 2004 before returning to Colchester in March until the end of the season. Williams then signed for Colchester in September 2004 in a deal which saw Wayne Andrews go the other way.[1]

He scored four league goals in his third spell at Layer Road before joining Blackpool on loan in 2006.[2] He was released by Colchester that summer.[3] After making two league appearances for Weymouth, Williams signed for Bromley. He joined Croydon Athletic in January 2010,[4] but signed for Ebbsfleet United eight months later after he became a free agent due to financial problems at Croydon. Gareth was released by Ebbsfleet in May 2011.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Gareth Williams Crystal Palace Profile". Holmesdale.net. 2010-08-21. http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=53. Retrieved 21 August 2010. 
  2. ^ "Colchester seal Vernon loan deal". BBC Sport. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Parkinson allows quartet to leave". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Ross Flitney sold by Croydon". Croydon Advertiser. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Williams bolsters frontline". Ebbsfleet United Football Club. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Striker Williams joins Ebbsfleet". Non League News. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.

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