Chloe Williams (footballer)

Chloe Williams
Williams with Blackburn Rovers in 2023
Personal information
Full name Chloe Williams
Date of birth (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 24)[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)
2021–2023 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 23 (1)
2023– Blackburn Rovers 22 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Wales U19 10 (0)
2022– Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:10, 28 May 2024
‡ 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

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.[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

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)

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

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

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.[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

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

Club

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

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

References

  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.