Chloe Williams (footballer)

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Chloe Williams
Williams with Blackburn Rovers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Chloe Williams
Date of birth (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Blackburn Rovers
Number 10
Youth career
2015–2017 Wolverhampton Wanderers
2019–2021 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 (6)
2019–2023 Manchester United 0 (0)
2021–2023Blackburn Rovers (loan) 23 (1)
2023– Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Wales U19 10 (0)
2022– Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 February 2022

Chloe Williams (born 22 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Championship team Blackburn Rovers. Born in England, she has represented the Wales national team.

Club career[edit]

Wolverhampton Wanderers[edit]

Williams joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy aged 15 having started playing age 6 with local team Great Wyrley FC and later West Bromwich Albion.[2] On 17 December 2017, Williams made her Wolves first team debut in an FA Cup second round defeat against Brighouse Town.[3]

Manchester United[edit]

In July 2019, Williams joined FA WSL club Manchester United,[4] initially as part of the club's under-21 squad but was named in a senior matchday squad for the first time on 20 October 2019 as an unused substitute for a League Cup group game against Manchester City.[5]

Blackburn Rovers loan[edit]

On 14 November 2021, Williams joined Blackburn Rovers of the Women's Championship on loan for the season.[6] On 14 August 2022, Williams returned to Blackburn Rovers for the 2022–23 season.[7]

Blackburn Rovers[edit]

After spending two seasons on loan at Blackburn Rovers, the club announced Williams' permanent signing on a two-year deal on 27 June 2023.[8]

International career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Eligible to play for both England and Wales, Williams first attended trials for the Welsh national team following encouragement from her college tutor in July 2017.[2] She went on to represent Wales at under-19 level, appearing in 2018 and 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.[9]

Senior[edit]

In November 2018, Williams received her first senior call-up for friendlies against Portugal but was later forced to withdraw.[10][11] A year later, Williams received her first competitive senior call-up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifier against Northern Ireland in November 2019.[12][13] She made her senior debut on 19 February 2022 against Belgium in the 2022 Pinatar Cup.

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 30 April 2023.[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2017–18[15] WNL North 11 1 1 0 0 0 1[b] 0 13 1
2018–19[16] WNL D1 Midlands 17 5 1 0 2 0 1[b] 0 21 5
Total 28 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 34 6
Manchester United 2021–22 WSL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blackburn Rovers (loan) 2021–22 Championship 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2022–23 18 1 0 0 3 0 21 1
Total 23 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 27 1
Career total 51 7 3 0 5 0 2 0 61 7
  1. ^ Includes the FA Women's League Cup and FA Women's National League Cup
  2. ^ a b Birmingham FA Women's County Cup

International[edit]

Statistics accurate as of match played 19 February 2022.[14]
Wales
Year Apps Goals
2022 1 0
Total 1 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chloe Williams - UEFA". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ a b "Walsall College student kicks off a career in professional women's football". www.walsallcollege.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Women Exit Cup In Nine-Goal Thriller". www.wolves.co.uk. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "McNamara wishes duo well on moves away". www.wolves.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Man Utd Women 2 Man City Women 0 match report". www.manutd.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  6. ^ FC, Blackburn Rovers. "Safia and Chloe are both Blues". Blackburn Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Chloe checks in". Blackburn Rovers.
  8. ^ "Chloe's officially ours!". Blackburn Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ^ "FAW / U19 squad announced for UEFA Qualifying Round". www.faw.cymru. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. ^ "FAW / Squad announced for Portugal double header". www.faw.cymru. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Captain Sophie Ingle returns for Wales, but Harding out". 21 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  12. ^ "FAW / Ludlow names squad for Northern Ireland qualifer". www.faw.cymru. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Llewellyn replaces Williams in Wales squad". BBC. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Chloe Williams Soccerway profile". Soccerway.
  15. ^ "2017–18 Wolverhampton Wanderers". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
  16. ^ "2018–19 Wolverhampton Wanderers". fulltime-league.thefa.com.

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