Ronwen Williams
Personal information
Full name Ronwen Hayden Williams
Date of birth (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 32
Youth career
Shatterprufe Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
SuperSport United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2022 SuperSport United 278 (0)
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns 32 (0)
International career‡
2021– South Africa U23 3 (0)
2014– South Africa 37 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Ronwen Hayden Williams (born 21 January 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the South Africa national team.

Club career

Early career

Williams spent part of his youth career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur[1]

SuperSport United

Williams joined SuperSport United as a youth player in 2004. He made his debut in the CAF Champions League in January 2012 against Matlama FC, and in the PSL was four months later against Free State Stars. He kept clean sheets in both games.[2]

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United.[3] He made his debut in the 2022/23 opener against Cape Town City FC where he made a string of great saves and kept a clean sheet.

International career

Williams made his first match for South Africa on 5 March 2014, in a friendly against Brazil, due to a sprained ankle suffered by the first-choice keeper, Itumeleng Khune.[4][5] In August 2021, new Bafana coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new Bafana Bafana captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad. [6]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 10 June 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Africa 2014 2 0
2016 1 0
2017 2 0
2018 1 0
2019 7 0
2020 3 0
2021 9 0
Total 25 0

Honours

Club

Supersport United

Mamelodi Sundowns

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References

  1. ^ Modise, Jimmy (5 June 2017). "7 Things You Didn't Know About Ronwen Williams". Diski 365. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "SuperSport". supersport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Mamelodi Sundowns | Ronwen Williams Joins Masandawana!". Mamelodi Sundowns | Official Website. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Williams set for dream Bafana debut". eNCA. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Williams makes international debut | The New Age Online". Thenewage.co.za. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Broos names Williams as Bafana Bafana skipper, Tau deputy captain". Sowetanlive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  7. ^ Ronwen Williams at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ Ronwen Williams. "Twin68". twin68.cloud. Premier Soccer League SuperSport United. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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