Neco Williams

Not to be confused with Nico Williams.
Neco Williams
Williams with Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Neco Shay Williams[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Cefn Mawr, Wales[3]
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[4]
Position(s) Full-back[5]
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 7
Youth career
–2007 Cefn United
2007–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Liverpool 13 (0)
2022 → Fulham (loan) 14 (2)
2022– Nottingham Forest 65 (1)
International career‡
2018–2020 Wales U19[2] 8 (4)
2020– Wales 42 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:11, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Neco Shay Williams (born 13 April 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team.

Williams started out with Cefn United at age six, with him later joining Liverpool in 2007, making 31 total appearances for their first team in 15 years. He was loaned out to Fulham in January 2022, with him joining Nottingham Forest permanently later that year.

Born in Cefn Mawr, Williams represents Wales at senior level. Williams was a member of the Wales squad that qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first to do so since 1958.

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "N. Williams: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "'For you, grandad': Neco Williams played for Wales day after grandfather died". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Neco Williams". Fulham F.C. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Neco Williams: Player Info". Nottingham Forest. Retrieved 16 November 2022.