Jay Williams (footballer)

Jay Williams (born 4 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays for Northampton Town, as a defender or defensive midfielder.

Jay Williams
Personal information
Full name Jay Williams[1]
Date of birth (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000
Place of birth Northampton, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Northampton Town
Number 15
Youth career
2013–2018 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Northampton Town 10 (0)
2019 → Kettering Town (loan) 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:33, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Williams joined Northampton Town at the age of 13[2] and went onto progress through the youth ranks, before making his first-team debut during their EFL Trophy tie against Wycombe Wanderers, featuring for the entire 90 minutes.[3]

He made his league debut in a 5-0 away win to Macclesfied Town[4] coming off of the bench to replace Sam Foley in the 73rd minute. He went on to play a vital part in the rest of that season racking up 14 appearances in total. In the 2019/20 season he joined Kettering on loan from December 2019 to 9 January 2020. [5] The loan period was later extended.[6] However, he was recalled by Northampton at the end of January 2020.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Northampton Town 2018–19[8] League Two 10000004[lower-alpha 1]0140
2019–20[9] 0000102[lower-alpha 1]030
Total 100001060170
Kettering Town (loan) 2019–20[9] National League North 6000000060
Career total 160001060230
Notes
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "CLUB LIST OF REGISTERED PLAYERS" (PDF). EFL. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. "Jay Williams - Defender". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. "Northampton Town vs. Wycombe Wanderers". Soccerway. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. "Macclesfield Town 0-5 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. JAY WILLIAMS RETURNS, ketteringtownfc.com, 13 December 2019
  6. TAYLOR AND WILLIAMS EXTEND DEALS, ketteringtownfc.com, 9 January 2020
  7. Jay Williams, ketteringtownfc.com, 31 January 2020
  8. "Games played by Jay Williams in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  9. "Games played by Jay Williams in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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