Gareth Williams (Scottish footballer)

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Gareth Williams
Personal information
Full name	Gareth John Williams
Date of birth	16 December 1981 (1981-12-16) (age 26)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Watford
Number	25
Youth clubs
1998–2001	Nottingham Forest
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2004 2004–2007 2007–	Nottingham Forest Leicester City Watford	142 (9) 078 (3) 003 (0)
National team
2002	Scotland	005 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:34, 23 September 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Gareth John Williams (born 16 December 1981) is a Scottish professional footballer of Welsh descent, who currently plays for Watford.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Watford 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Williams started his career at Nottingham Forest, a product of Paul Hart's successful youth system alongside Jermaine Jenas and David Prutton. While at Forest, Williams was described as the "best passer at the club" by former City Ground boss David Platt.^{[citation needed]}

Williams signed a three year deal with Leicester City in July 2004. With his contract up at the end of the season, he joined Watford for an undisclosed fee on 31 January 2007.^[1]

[edit] Watford

On 3 February 2007 he played his first Premiership match for Watford against Bolton Wanderers.^[2] He only played for Watford a further two times, before sustaining anterior cruciate ligament damage whilst training in April 2007, an injury that kept him out of action for the remainder of that season and that kept him out of the remainder of the 2007–08 season. Although playing some pre-season friendlies for the reserves in summer 2008, he has since suffered further setbacks.

[edit] International career

Williams has captained the Scotland Under-21 team and won the first of his five full caps against Nigeria at Pittodrie in April 2002. Until this point, he had been eligible to play for Wales.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gareth Williams career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	Gareth Williams
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	16 December 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Glasgow, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH