Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Issac Williams [1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 March 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Rhyl, Wales | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crewe Alexandra | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2021 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Crewe Alexandra | 60 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Wales U18 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Wales U19 | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:20, 13 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:56, 29 September 2022 (UTC) |
Michael Isaac Williams, better known as Zac Williams, (born 27 March 2004) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Crewe Alexandra.
He made his Crewe debut, aged 17, on 9 November 2021 in an EFL Trophy group game against Wolverhampton Wanderers' under-21's at Gresty Road, [3] before making his league debut in the following game, a 2–0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers. [4] He made his first start in Crewe's next game, helping the side to a 2–0 win over Gillingham at Gresty Road on 20 November 2021, [5] and then enjoyed a run of games as one of Crewe's first choice centre-backs until falling ill in January 2022. [6] He returned to first-team action, coming on as a half-time substitute for Travis Johnson against Portsmouth at Gresty Road, on 8 March 2022. [7]
In May 2022, Williams signed a new contract at Crewe. [8] After 19 first-team appearances the following season, Williams suffered a torn hamstring which was initially thought likely to rule him out of action for the remainder of the season. [9] However, he returned to the first team on 29 April 2023, making a substitute appearance in Crewe's 2–1 win over Swindon Town at Gresty Road. [10] Williams scored his first Crewe goal, in a 2–2 draw against Swindon at the County Ground, on 12 August 2023. [11]
In early 2024, Williams missed a series of games after incurring an ankle injury which required prolonged treatment. [12] [13] He returned to regular training at the end of February 2024. [14]
After winning caps at under-15 and under-16, captaining the team for the latter, he played for the Wales under-18s in March 2021 against England before winning a second cap against the same opposition in September of the same year. [15] [16]
Williams was called up to the Wales under-19s squad for the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifiers against Georgia, Norway and Kosovo, and made appearances against the latter two in October 2021. [17] [18] He earned three further under-19 caps, playing as captain against Hungary [19] and Republic of Ireland, [20] and, after coming on as a second half substitute, scoring against Gibraltar, [21] in 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifiers on 21, 24 and 27 September 2022 respectively. [22]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Crewe Alexandra | 2021–22 [23] | League One | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2022–23 [24] | League Two | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2023–24 [25] | League Two | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
Crewe Alexandra total | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 2 |
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