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Romario Garfield Williams (born 15 August 1994) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a forward for USL Championship side New Mexico United. He is named after the legendary Brazilian footballer, Romário.[2]

Romario Williams

Williams playing for Charleston Battery in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Romario Garfield Williams[1]
Date of birth	(1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth	Portmore, Jamaica
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	New Mexico United
Number	21
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	UCF Knights	51	(18)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Orlando City U-23	11	(7)
2015–2016	Montreal Impact	2	(0)
2015	→ FC Montreal (loan)	7	(0)
2016	→ Charleston Battery (loan)	27	(10)
2017–2019	Atlanta United	19	(2)
2017	→ Charleston Battery (loan)	22	(15)
2018–2019	→ Atlanta United 2 (loan)	12	(7)
2019	Columbus Crew SC	7	(1)
2020	Miami FC	16	(8)
2020–2021	Al-Ittihad	23	(5)
2021–2022	Qadsia SC	10	(3)
2022–	New Mexico United	10	(1)
National team‡
2010–2011	Jamaica U17	4	(1)
2015	Jamaica U23	3	(3)
2016–	Jamaica	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018

Club career

Youth

Williams graduated from Kingston College in Jamaica and then attended university in Orlando.[3][4] He played college soccer at the University of Central Florida. With the UCF Knights men's soccer program, Williams recorded 18 goals and five assists in 51 games, 46 as starter. He was a unanimous selection to the American Athletic Conference all-conference first team in 2014. He was also the 2013 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[5]

Professional

Williams was selected by Montreal Impact third overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on 15 January 2015. He made his professional debut on 28 March 2015 in a 2–2 draw against Orlando City SC.[6]

On 11 December 2016 Atlanta United FC acquired Williams from the Impact in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[7] On 7 April 2018, he scored his first career MLS goal in a 5–0 rout of Los Angeles FC.

On 1 July 2019, Williams was traded to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $100,000 of General Allocation Money.[8] After one season with the crew, Williams joined Miami FC of the USL Championship in January 2020.[9]

In December 2020 Williams moved abroad to Egypt and joined Al Ittihad of the Egyptian Premier League.[10] On 16 August 2021, Williams moved abroad to Kuwait and joined Qadsia SC of the Kuwait Premier League.[11]

In July, 2022 Williams signed a contract with USL Championship side New Mexico United[12]

International career

Williams has represented the U-17 level of the Jamaica national U-17 team, playing in three games at the 2011 U17 FIFA World Cup. He had previously started four of five games at the CONCACAF qualifiers. Romario also played the Jamaica U-23 national team in March 2015.[13] Williams made his Jamaica senior national team debut in a 1–0 Caribbean Cup qualify win over Suriname on 13 November 2016.[14]

Personal

He was named after Romário, Brazilian football legend who won the 1994 FIFA World Cup a month before he was born.

In February 2018 Williams received a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 October 2020[16][17]

Club	Season	League			Playoffs[lower-alpha 1]		Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Orlando City U-23	2014[18]	PDL	11	7	–		–		–		11	7
Montreal Impact	2015	MLS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2016		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FC Montreal (loan)	2015	USL	7	0	–		–		–		7	0
Charleston Battery (loan)	2016	USL	27	10	2	0	1	0	–		30	10
Atlanta United	2017	MLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2018		17	1	0	0	2	1	–		19	2
	2019		2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	1
	Total		19	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	23	3
Charleston Battery (loan)	2017	USL	22	15	1	0	1	0	–		24	15
Atlanta United 2 (loan)	2018	USL	7	4	–		–		–		7	4
	2019	USL Championship	5	3	0	0	–		–		5	3
	Total		12	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7
Columbus Crew SC	2019	MLS	7	1	–		0	0	–		7	1
Miami FC	2020	USL Championship	16	8	–		0	0	–		16	8
Career total			123	49	3	0	5	2	1	0	132	51

International

As of September 9, 2018[19]

Jamaica
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	1	0
2017	10	2
2018	3	0
2019	0	0
2020	0	0
2021	1	0
Total	15	2

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[20]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 July 2017	Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States	Curaçao	1–0	2–0	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2.	20 July 2017	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, United States	Canada	2–0	2–1	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honors

Jamaica

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Runner-up: 2017

Atlanta United

• MLS Cup
  • Winners: 2018
• Eastern Conference
  • Winners : 2018

UCF

• AAC Offensive Player of the Year: 2013

References

External links

• Romario Williams at Major League Soccer
• Romario Williams at Soccerway
• UCF profile

На других языках

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[de] Romario Williams

Romario Williams (* 15. August 1994 in Portmore) ist ein jamaikanischer Fußballspieler, der als Stürmer eingesetzt wird.

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- [en] Romario Williams

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[es] Romario Williams

Romario Williams (Portmore, Middlesex, Jamaica; 15 de agosto de 1994) es un futbolista jamaicano. Juega de delantero y su equipo es el New Mexico United de la USL Championship. Fue nombrado así por la leyenda del fútbol brasileño Romário.[1]

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[fr] Romario Williams

Romario Williams est un footballeur international jamaïcain, né le 15 août 1994 à Portmore. Il joue au poste d'attaquant à New Mexico United en USL Championship.

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[it] Romario Williams

Romario Williams (Portmore, 15 agosto 1994) è un calciatore giamaicano, attaccante del New Mexico United.

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[ru] Уильямс, Ромарио

Рома́рио Га́рфилд Уи́льямс (англ. Romario Garfield Williams; 15 августа 1994, Портмор, Ямайка) — ямайский футболист, нападающий клуба «Аль-Иттихад» (Александрия) и сборной Ямайки.

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