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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) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 30
Youth career
Shatterprufe Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
SuperSport United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2010–2022 SuperSport United 278 (0)
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns 48 (0)
International career‡
2011 South Africa U20 2 (0)
2021– South Africa U23 3 (0)
2014– South Africa 43 (0)
Medal record
Representing   South Africa
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2023 Ivory Coast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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. [2]

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. [3]

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6] [7]

In August 2021, the new South Africa coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new Bafana Bafana captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad. [8]

On 3 February 2024, in South Africa's 2023 AFCON quarter-final match against Cape Verde, the game was drawn at 0–0 after extra time. Williams saved 4 penalties in the penalty shootout, taking Bafana Bafana through to an AFCON semi-final for the first time since 2000. [9] Although South Africa lost to Nigeria in the semi-finals in another penalty shootout, Williams went ahead to win the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament. [10]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 10 February 2024 [11]
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
2022 5 0
2023 6 0
2024 7 0
Total 43 0

Honours

Supersport United

Mamelodi Sundowns

South Africa

Individual

References

  1. ^ "TNT Sports". tntsports.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ Modise, Jimmy (5 June 2017). "7 Things You Didn't Know About Ronwen Williams". Diski 365. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "SuperSport". supersport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Mamelodi Sundowns | Ronwen Williams Joins Masandawana!". Mamelodi Sundowns | Official Website. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 Cape Town City (5 Aug, 2022) Final Score - ESPN (UK)". ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Williams set for dream Bafana debut". eNCA. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Williams makes international debut | The New Age Online". Thenewage.co.za. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Broos names Williams as Bafana Bafana skipper, Tau deputy captain". Sowetanlive. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  9. ^ "SA goalkeeper saves four penalties in shootout win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b "TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Awards". CAF. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  11. ^ Ronwen Williams at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "South Africa secure TotalEnergies CAF AFCON bronze after shootout". CAF Online. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  13. ^ "CAF TSG Group releases TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nation Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Best XI". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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