 Williams with Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Peter Williams[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Pembury, Kent, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gillingham | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2011 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2019 | Crystal Palace | 55 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Sunderland (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Charlton Athletic | 60 | (2) |
| 2021 | Cardiff City | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Swindon Town | 77 | (15) |
| 2023– | Gillingham | 43 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Wales U17 | 15 | (1) |
| 2009 | Wales U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Wales U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2013–2023 | Wales | 33 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:23, 11 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:10, 1 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Jonathan Peter Williams (born 9 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Gillingham. He retired from international football for Wales in 2023.
Williams started his career at Crystal Palace, and whilst there had loan spells at Nottingham Forest, Milton Keynes Dons, Ipswich Town and Sunderland. He signed for Charlton Athletic on a permanent deal in January 2019 before moving to Cardiff City two years later in February 2021.
Affectionately known as "Joniesta",[3] he was part of the Welsh squad that reached the semi-final stages of the 2016 European Championships.
- ^ "Barclays Premier League Squad Numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Crystal Palace FC Player Profiles: Jonathan Williams". Crystal Palace F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
- ^ Williams, Daffyd. "Jonny Williams: Wales' 'Joniesta' dreams of facing Andres Iniesta". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2015.