Danny Williams (soccer, born 1989)

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Danny Williams
Personal information
Full name Daniel Charles Williams [1]
Date of birth (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2004 Karlsruher SC
2004–2008 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 SC Freiburg II 60 (4)
2010–2011 SC Freiburg 14 (0)
2011–2013 1899 Hoffenheim 45 (1)
2013–2017 Reading 135 (13)
2017–2019 Huddersfield Town 25 (0)
2019–2020 Pafos 11 (0)
Total290(18)
International career
2005 Germany U15 3 (1)
2011–2017 United States 23 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Charles Williams (born March 8, 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. [2]

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Early life

Born in Karlsruhe, West Germany, Williams is the son of an African American father and German mother. His father is originally from North Carolina, and was stationed in Heidelberg while serving in the United States military. [3] Williams is a citizen of both Germany and the United States.

Club career

SC Freiburg

Williams began his career in 1998 with the Karlsruher SC youth setup and played from July 2004 for the SC Freiburg youth and reserve sides.

He made his Bundesliga debut for the Freibrug first team on January 22, 2010, against Stuttgart. [3] [4] [5] He would go on to make nine appearances for Freiburg in 2010, two of them being starts.

1899 Hoffenheim

Williams joined the Bundesliga club Hoffenheim on August 31, 2011. During his first appearance for the club on September 10, 2011, he made an assist in a 4–0 Hoffenheim victory over Mainz.

Reading

On June 25, 2013, it was confirmed that Williams joined Reading in the English Championship on a four-year contract. [6] On August 3, Williams made his debut in the season opener against Ipswich Town. He came on as a sub in the second half as Reading won the game 2–1. [7] He scored his first goal for the club on February 1, 2014, in a 3–0 win against Millwall. [8]

Huddersfield Town

On July 4, 2017, Williams signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Premier League side Huddersfield Town after rejecting a new contract with Reading. [9] He made his league debut against Crystal Palace in a 3–0 win. He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in an FA Cup tie against Bolton Wanderers on 6 January 2018. [10] On May 17, 2019, Huddersfield announced that they were releasing Williams at the end of the season. [11]

Pafos

On September 6, 2019, Williams signed for Pafos of the Cypriot First Division. [12] On May 18, 2020, Pafos announced that Williams had left the club by mutual termination of his contract. [13]

International career

Williams represented the Germany under-15 team. [3] However, due to FIFA regulations concerning dual citizenship, he remained eligible to play at the senior level for either Germany or the United States.

On September 30, 2011, Williams obtained an American passport, making him eligible to play for the United States national team. He was called up by the United States team for two friendlies in October 2011, and made his first appearance for the U.S. on October 8, 2011, in a 1–0 victory against Honduras. Williams was the first player to earn his first national team cap under the Americans' new head coach Jürgen Klinsmann. [14] On June 5, 2015, Williams scored his first international goal in Amsterdam in a friendly against the Netherlands. The goal was an equalizer for the United States who had been trailing 3–1 against the Dutch. The United States went on to win the game 4–3. On September 8, 2015, he scored a goal in a friendly against Brazil which ended in a 4–1 defeat. [15]

Personal life

Outside of football, Williams established streetwear brand Beautiful Struggles in 2019. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played March 8, 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2008–09 Regionalliga Süd 332———332
2009–10 212———212
2010–11 60———60
Total604———604
SC Freiburg 2009–10 Bundesliga 6000——60
2010–11 7020——90
2011–12 1000——10
Total14020——160
1899 Hoffenheim 2011–12 Bundesliga24030——270
2012–13 21100——211
Total45130——481
Reading 2013–14 Championship 3031010—323
2014–15 2516000—311
2015–16 3954130—466
2016–17 41410203 [lower-alpha 1] 0474
Total13513121603015614
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 Premier League 2003110—241
2018–19 500010—60
Total2503120—301
Pafos 2019–20 Cypriot First Division 11000——110
Career total29118202803032220
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Championship play-offs

International

As of match played November 14, 2017 [17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 201140
201270
201310
201410
201562
201630
201710
Total232
Scores and results list United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Williams goal.
List of international goals scored by Danny Williams
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1June 5, 2015 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3–34–3 Friendly
2September 8, 2015 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United StatesFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–41–4

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  12. ↑ "Welcome Daniel Williams". pafosfc.com. September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
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