Ronwen Williams

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Ronwen Williams
Personal information
Full name Ronwen Hayden Williams
Date of birth (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 30
Youth career
Shatterprufe Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
SuperSport United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2022 SuperSport United 278 (0)
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns 68 (0)
International career‡
2011 South Africa U20 2 (0)
2021– South Africa U23 3 (0)
2014– South Africa 50 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2023 Ivory Coast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2024 (UTC)

Ronwen Hayden Williams (born 21 January 1992) is a South African professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the South Africa national team. In 2024, he was nominated for the Yashin Trophy becoming the first South African footballer to be nominated for a Ballon d'Or award. He is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Africa.

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He was ranked the ninth best goalkeeper in the world at the 2024 Ballon d'Or. [2]

Club career

Early career

Williams spent part of his youth career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. [3]

SuperSport United

Williams joined SuperSport United as a youth player in 2004. He made his debut in the CAF Champions League in January 2012 against Matlama FC, and in the PSL was four months later against Free State Stars. He kept clean sheets in both games. [4]

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United. [5] He made his debut in the 2022–23 opener against Cape Town City FC where he made a string of great saves and kept a clean sheet. [6] He won the African Football League with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2023 where he made two important penalties saves one against Al Ahly and the other one against CA Petróleos Luanda.

International career

Williams made his first appearance for South Africa on 5 March 2014, in a friendly against Brazil, due to a sprained ankle suffered by the first-choice keeper, Itumeleng Khune. [7] [8]

In August 2021, the new South Africa coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new Bafana Bafana captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad. [9]

On 3 February 2024, in South Africa's 2023 AFCON quarter-final match against Cape Verde, the game was drawn at 0–0 after extra time. Williams saved 4 penalties in the penalty shootout, taking Bafana Bafana through to an AFCON semi-final for the first time since 2000. [10] Although South Africa lost to Nigeria in the semi-finals in another penalty shootout, Williams went ahead to win the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament. [11]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 10 February 2024 [12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Africa 201420
201610
201720
201810
201970
202030
202190
202250
202360
202470
Total430

Honours

Supersport United

Mamelodi Sundowns

South Africa

Individual

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