| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Ivory Williams III [1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 15, 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Titusville, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando City | ||
| Number | 68 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2021 | Orlando City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Orlando City B | 54 | (0) |
| 2021– | Orlando City | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | United States U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | United States U23 | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 6, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 4, 2023 | |||
Thomas Ivory Williams III (born August 15, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Orlando City. [3]
As a member of the Orlando City academy since 2015, Williams played 84 games and scored 8 goals across multiple age groups in four seasons with the team. [4]
In March 2020, Williams signed an academy contract with Orlando City B, Orlando City's USL League One affiliate, ahead of the 2020 season. [5] He made his debut on August 7, 2020, playing the full 90 minutes during a 2–0 win over New England Revolution II. [6]
Having spent the first part of the 2021 season with the club's under-17 academy team, Williams was signed to an MLS homegrown contract by Orlando City on June 15, 2021, guaranteed through 2024, with a club option in 2025. Aged 16 years, 304 days, he became the club's youngest first-team signing, surpassing the record set by Tommy Redding in 2014. Williams had trained with the first-team during the previous two preseason camps. [7]
On January 22, 2025, it was announced that Williams had signed new contract with the club through 2026, with a club option for 2027. [8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Playoffs | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Orlando City B | 2020 | USL League One | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | MLS Next Pro | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | 26 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Orlando City | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
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