Jacques Williams

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Jacques Williams
Personal information
Full name Jacques Roger Williams
Date of birth (1981-04-25) 25 April 1981 (age 42) [1]
Place of birth Wallasey, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
199?–1999 Bordeaux
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2002 Birmingham City 3 (0)
2003–2004 Scarborough 12 (1)
2005–2006 Excelsior Virton 3 (0)
2007–2008 Tractor Sazi 0 (0)
2008–2009 Steel Azin 7 (1)
2009–20?? Emirates Club 44 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacques Roger Williams (born 25 April 1981) is a professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Birmingham City in the Football League.

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Football career

Williams was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and raised in France. [3] He started his football career in the youth system at Bordeaux, and played for the Bordeaux junior side which won the French under-18 championship. [4] At the age of 18 he came to England with fellow French youngster Trésor Luntala for trials with Birmingham City, and both players signed on free transfers before the 1999–2000 season. [3] Williams was on standby for the England under-18 match against Switzerland in September 1999, but an ankle problem prevented his taking part, [5] and he was named in the preliminary squad for European Under-18 Championship qualifiers in October but remained unused. [6] [7] He made his first-team debut for Birmingham in August 2000, playing once in the League Cup and then three First Division matches, but his development was interrupted by the need for a double hernia operation. [8] Though he recovered sufficiently to resume playing reserve team football, scoring the goals which put the team into the semifinal of the Birmingham Senior Cup, [9] a spate of injuries meant that those four games were all he played for Birmingham's first team before being released when his contract expired. [4]

He had a trial at Crewe Alexandra, on the recommendation of former assistant manager Brian Eastick, then academy director at Birmingham, [10] but no contract ensued.

He joined Conference club Scarborough for the 2003–04 season, but sustained a broken rib and punctured lung in only his second game, complications from which meant a prolonged stay in hospital and three months out of football. [11] [12] Returning to action in November 2003, he played a further ten league games, [13] but was only an unused substitute in the club's FA Cup fourth round match against Premier League club Chelsea, [14] despite scoring and hitting the post in the preceding league game. [15] He then injured an ankle, [16] and was released at the end of the season. [17]

He spent the 2005–06 season with Belgian Second Division club Excelsior Virton for whom he made three substitute appearances. [18]

In August 2006 he had a trial with Brighton & Hove Albion, scoring in an 11–0 rout of French amateur side Racing Club Port du Havre and making a promising substitute appearance in a 2–0 defeat against Le Havre AC, [19] [20] but manager Mark McGhee decided against signing him. [21]

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  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2000). Playfair Football Annual 2000–2001. Headline. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-7472-6620-4.
  3. 1 2 Tattum, Colin (15 July 1999). "French coup for Francis". Black Country Evening Mail. West Bromwich. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Jacques of all trades". Scarborough F.C. 2 August 2003. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
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  6. ↑ Tattum, Colin (24 September 1999). "Call-up gloom for Blues boss". Birmingham Evening Mail. p. 109 – via Newspapers.com.
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