Danny Williams (footballer, born 1979)

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Danny Williams
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ivor Llewellyn Williams [1]
Date of birth (1979-07-12) 12 July 1979 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Wrexham, Wales
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–1997 Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 Liverpool 0 (0)
1999–2001 Wrexham 40 (5)
2001 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 6 (0)
2001–2004 Kidderminster Harriers 119 (12)
2004 → Chester City (loan) 5 (0)
2004 Bristol Rovers 9 (1)
2004–2008 Wrexham 126 (9)
2008–2009 Rhyl 29 (1)
2009–2010 Droylsden 9 (1)
2010–2012 Bala Town 43 (2)
2012–2013 Denbigh Town
2013–? Rhos Aelwyd
International career‡
?–2001 Wales U21 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:23, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2007

Daniel Ivor Llewellyn Williams (born 12 July 1979 in Wrexham) is a former Welsh footballer and Wales under-21 international.

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Career

Williams started his football career in 1997 at the age of 18 as a trainee at Liverpool. In 1999 other clubs started to have interest in Danny especially his own birthplace of Wrexham.

Wrexham signed Danny on 23 March 1999 making nearly 38 appearances. He was released in 2001 by manager Brian Flynn and joined Doncaster Rovers later that year, he stayed a month on loan until he was transferred to Kidderminster Harriers lasting three years at the club. In 2004, he made a few changes, returning north by joining Chester City on loan, who were on the verge of winning the Football Conference title.

However, Williams opted to join Bristol Rovers in March 2004, before returning to Wrexham a couple of months later after scoring once for Rovers against York City. [2] He took part in Wrexham's Football League Trophy win in 2005. [3]

Danny is the son-in-law of Welsh former international goalkeeper Brian Lloyd, who also played for Wrexham and Chester.

He was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference, [4] and joined Welsh Premier League club Rhyl. [5]

On 18 April 2008, Rhyl became Welsh Premier League champions for the second time and Danny played a pivotal role in the run up clinching the title by making 29 appearances in the 2008–09 campaign. He scored his only goal for Rhyl in the Welsh League Cup against rivals Airbus UK Broughton with a free kick into the bottom corner of the net.

After a spell with Droylsden, Williams joined Bala Town in January 2010. [6]

In the summer of 2012 he joined Denbigh Town. [7]

In the summer of 2013 he joined Rhos Aelwyd.

Honours

Wrexham

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2003). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004. Queen Anne Press. p. 454. ISBN   1-85291-651-6.
  2. ↑ "Bristol Rovers 3–0 York". BBC. 27 March 2004. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Southend 0-2 Wrexham". BBC. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds". BBC Sport. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  5. ↑ Bicknell, Gareth (14 August 2008). "Rhyl looks to former Wrexham stars to win Welsh Premier". Daily Post. North Wales. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Bala capture midfielder Danny Williams". welsh-premier.com. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Danny Williams coup for ambitious Denbigh". welsh-premier.com. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Southend 0–2 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 10 April 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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