Chloe Williams (footballer)
{{Short description|Wales international footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chloe Williams
| image = Lewes FC Women 1 Blackburn Rovers Women 0 16 04 2023-188 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Williams with Blackburn Rovers in 2023
| fullname = Chloe Williams
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|12|22}}{{cite web |title=Chloe Williams - UEFA |url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/teams/players/250115952--chloe-williams/ |website=UEFA}}
| birth_place = Aberdare, South Wales
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Blackburn Rovers
| clubnumber = 10
| youthyears1 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs1 = Wolverhampton Wanderers
| youthyears2 = 2019–2021
| youthclubs2 = Manchester United
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = Wolverhampton Wanderers
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2019–2023
| clubs2 = Manchester United
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021–2023
| clubs3 = → Blackburn Rovers (loan)
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2023–
| clubs4 = Blackburn Rovers
| caps4 = 22
| goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam1 = Wales U19
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Wales
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 01:10, 28 May 2024
| nationalteam-update = 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 South Wales, she has represented the Wales national team.
Club career
=Wolverhampton Wanderers=
Williams joined the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy aged 15 having started playing age 6 with local team Great Wyrley FC and later West Bromwich Albion.{{cite web |title=Walsall College student kicks off a career in professional women’s football |url=https://www.walsallcollege.ac.uk/news/details/walsall-college-student-kick-offs-a-career-in-professional-womens-football |website=www.walsallcollege.ac.uk |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=2019-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021215759/https://www.walsallcollege.ac.uk/news/details/walsall-college-student-kick-offs-a-career-in-professional-womens-football |url-status=live }} On 17 December 2017, Williams made her Wolves first team debut in an FA Cup second round defeat against Brighouse Town.{{cite web |title=Women Exit Cup In Nine-Goal Thriller |url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/wolves-women/20171218-women-exit-cup-in-nine-goal-thriller/ |website=www.wolves.co.uk |date=18 December 2017 |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421052251/https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/wolves-women/20171218-women-exit-cup-in-nine-goal-thriller/ |url-status=live }}
=Manchester United=
In July 2019, Williams joined FA WSL club Manchester United,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/wolves-women/20190703-mcnamara-wishes-duo-well-on-moves-away/|title=McNamara wishes duo well on moves away|website=www.wolves.co.uk|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411032141/https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/wolves-women/20190703-mcnamara-wishes-duo-well-on-moves-away/|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-women-v-man-city-women-match-report|title=Man Utd Women 2 Man City Women 0 match report|website=www.manutd.com|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-date=2020-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003103327/https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/man-utd-women-v-man-city-women-match-report|url-status=live}}
== Blackburn Rovers (loan) ==
On 14 November 2021, Williams joined Blackburn Rovers of the Women's Championship on loan for the season.{{cite web |last1=FC |first1=Blackburn Rovers |title=Safia and Chloe are both Blues |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/november/14/safia-and-chloe-are-both-blues/ |website=Blackburn Rovers FC |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=2021-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114145254/https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/november/14/safia-and-chloe-are-both-blues/ |url-status=live }} On 14 August 2022, Williams returned to Blackburn Rovers for the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |title=Chloe checks in|url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/august/14/chloe-checks-in/ |website=Blackburn Rovers}}
=Blackburn Rovers=
After spending two seasons on loan at Blackburn Rovers, the club announced Williams' permanent signing on a two-year deal on 27 June 2023.{{cite web |title=Chloe's officially ours! |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/june/27/chloe-s-officially-ours-/ |website=Blackburn Rovers FC |access-date=2023-06-27 |archive-date=2023-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627110927/https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/june/27/chloe-s-officially-ours-/ |url-status=live }}
International career
=Youth=
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. She went on to represent Wales at under-19 level, appearing in 2018 and 2019 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.{{cite web |title=FAW / U19 squad announced for UEFA Qualifying Round |url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/u19-squad-announced-uefa-qualifying-round |website=www.faw.cymru |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=2018-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922145339/http://www.faw.cymru/en/news/u19-squad-announced-uefa-qualifying-round/ |url-status=live }}
=Senior=
In November 2018, Williams received her first senior call-up for friendlies against Portugal but was later forced to withdraw.{{cite web |title=FAW / Squad announced for Portugal double header |url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/squad-announced-portugal-double-header/ |website=www.faw.cymru |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=2018-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106015942/http://www.faw.cymru/en/news/squad-announced-portugal-double-header/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50117825|title=Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Captain Sophie Ingle returns for Wales, but Harding out|date=2019-10-21|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-date=2019-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023005244/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50117825|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=FAW / Ludlow names squad for Northern Ireland qualifer |url=https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/ludlow-names-squad-northern-ireland-qualifer/ |website=www.faw.cymru |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=2022-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219212305/https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/ludlow-names-squad-northern-ireland-qualifer/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Women's Euro 2021 qualifier: Llewellyn replaces Williams in Wales squad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50308183 |website=BBC |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124034549/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50308183 |url-status=live }} She made her senior debut on 19 February 2022 against Belgium in the 2022 Pinatar Cup.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|30 April 2023}}.{{cite web |title=Chloe Williams Soccerway profile |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/chloe-williams/517298/ |website=Soccerway}}
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
=International=
:Statistics accurate as of match played 19 February 2022.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3|Wales | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Total||1||0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|517298}}
{{Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Chloe}}
Category:Footballers from Walsall
Category:English women's footballers
Category:Welsh women's footballers
Category:21st-century Welsh sportswomen
Category:Wales women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C. players
Category:Manchester United W.F.C. players