Danny Williams (footballer, born 1988)

Danny Williams

Williams in March 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-01-25) 25 January 1988
Place of birth Wigan, England
Playing position Left winger
Club information
Current team
Dundee
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Daisy Hill
2008–2010 FC United of Manchester 30 (2)
2010–2011 Clitheroe
2011–2013 Kendal Town
2012–2013Chester (loan) 28 (2)
2013–2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 88 (4)
2016– Dundee 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:03, 3 December 2016 (UTC).

Danny Williams (born 25 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays for Scottish club Dundee, as a left winger.

Career

Early career

Williams moved from Clitheroe to Kendal Town in February 2011, having previously played for Daisy Hill and FC United.[1] At FC United he had scored two goals in 33 appearances in all competitions.[2] He joined Chester on loan in October 2012,[3] scoring two goals in 28 appearances in the Conference North.[4]

Scotland

He was linked with a move to Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in May 2013,[5] and the move was finalised in August 2013.[6] Despite a slow start to his career at the start of the season, Williams signed a new two-year contract with the club.[7] On 14 January 2014, Williams scored his first professional goal, as Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Aberdeen 1–0.[8]

On 22 March 2016, Dundee announced that Williams had signed a pre-contract agreement with the club along with fellow Inverness teammate James Vincent.[9]

Career statistics

As of 3 December 2016
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chester (loan) 2012–13[4] 282000050332
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2013–14[10] 201301000241
2014–15[11] 342611000413
2015–16[12][13] 341502020431
Total 88414140201085
Dundee 2016–17[14] 140004000180
Career total 130614180701597

Honours

Chester
Inverness Caledonian Thistle

References

  1. "Danny Williams signs from Clitheroe". Kendal Town F.C. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. http://fcunited.ru/en/profiles/williams_danny/
  3. "Kendal Town Midfielder going out on loan". Kendal Town F.C. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 "First Team Statistics 2012/13". chester-city.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. "Inverness close to signing Danny Williams from Kendal Town". BBC Sport. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  6. Ross MacLean (3 August 2013). "Former Kendal Town winger Danny Williams dreaming of Parkhead after move north of the border to Inverness". Westmoreland Gazette. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  7. "SPFL: Englishmen Carl Tremarco and Danny Williams sign Inverness deals". Sky Sports. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. Ross MacLean (23 January 2014). "Ex-Kendal Town flyer Danny Williams scores first goal in professional football". Westmoreland Gazette. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. "Dundee: James Vincent & Danny Williams sign pre-contracts". Dundee F.C. 22 March 2016.
  10. "Games played by Danny Williams in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  11. "Games played by Danny Williams in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  12. "Games played by Danny Williams in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  13. Danny Williams profile at Soccerway
  14. "Games played by Danny Williams in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  15. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22053844
  16. http://www.chester-city.co.uk/april13matches.asp#solihull
  17. http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/chester-fc-win-cheshire-senior-5112455
  18. Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Inverness CT 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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