Kian Williams

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Kian Williams
Personal information
Full name Kian Paul James Williams
Date of birth (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 23) [1]
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Valour FC
Number 7
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Leicester City 0 (0)
2018Barwell (loan) 3 (0)
2019Stratford Town (loan) 10 (0)
2019 Magni Grenivík 14 (5)
2019 Stratford Town 0 (0)
2020–2022 Keflavík 52 (11)
2023– Valour FC 23 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 6, 2023

Kian Paul James Williams (born 1 July 2000) is an English footballer who plays for Canadian Premier League club Valour FC.

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Early life

Williams played in the Leicester City youth system from the U10 level through to the U21s. [3] [4]

Club career

In August 2018, Leicester City sent him on loan to Barwell in the seventh tier Southern Football League Premier Division Central. [5] In January 2019, he went on loan to Stratford Town also in the seventh tier Southern Football League Premier Division Central. [6]

In August 2019, Williams joined Icelandic club Magni Grenivík in the second tier 1. deild karla. [7] Three months later, following the season, he returned to England. [8]

In October 2019, he returned to Stratford Town. [9] [10]

In February 2020, he signed with Keflavík ÍF in the Icelandic second tier. [11] He helped them earn promotion to the top tier Úrvalsdeild [12] and signed an extension through 2022. [13] After the 2022 season, he departed the club. [14] Afterwards, he returned to England and was training with Burton Albion. [3] [15]

In December 2022, he signed with Canadian Premier League club Valour FC for the 2023 season. [16] [17] Cavalry FC had also been interested in signing Williams, but he chose to join Valour. [18] He scored his first CPL goal on April 30 in a 1-1 draw against Cavalry. [19] After beginning the season as a winger, he transitioned to the striker role late in the season. [20] In 2023, he finished tied for the team lead in goals with four and led the team in assists with five. [21] In February 2024, he signed an extension with the club through the 2025 season. [22] [23]

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References

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  2. Kian Williams at Soccerway
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  9. "All change as Town bring in eight". Stratford Observer . 17 October 2019.
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  11. "Keflavík semur við Englending" [Keflavík negotiates with England]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
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  13. "Framlengdi í Keflavík" [Extension in Keflavík]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 January 2021.
  14. Kristbjörnsson, Jóhann Páll. "Kian Williams genginn til liðs við kanadískt úrvalsdeildarlið" [Kian Williams has joined a Canadian Premier League team]. Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic).
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  21. Tait, Ed (28 February 2024). "Kian Williams: "What it is for me is the coaches' belief in me, and this is a place where I think I can improve."". Valour FC .
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