David Williams (Welsh footballer)

Not to be confused with Dave Williams (Welsh footballer).

David Williams

Personal information
Full name	David Williams
Date of birth	11 March 1955 (1955-03-11)
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1975-1985	Bristol Rovers	352	(66)
1985-1992	Norwich City	74	(12)
National team
1986	Wales	5	(0)
Teams managed
1983–1985	Bristol Rovers
1988	Wales (caretaker)
1992	Norwich City (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

David Michael Williams (born 11 March 1955 in Cardiff) is a former professional footballer and football coach. He was a full Welsh international.

Williams was a midfield player who began his career with Bristol Rovers, for whom he played between 1975 and 1985. He was player-manager of Rovers when Norwich City manager Ken Brown took him to Carrow Road before the start of the 1985-86 season. Williams won a second division championship medal in his first season with the Canaries and went on to serve the club as player-coach, assistant manager and, for one game, caretaker manager before he left in 1992. During this period he also coached the Wales national team as a caretaker in 1988.

Williams went on to coach at Newport County, Bournemouth, Everton, Leeds United and Manchester United before returning to Norwich to manage the youth academy in the summer of 2004. In addition to his role at Carrow Road, he also coached the Welsh international youth sides. Williams was voted into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his contribution to the club as a player and a coach.

He announced his retirement from club coaching in May 2007.([1])

External links

• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

Sources

• Canary Citizens by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001), ISBN 0-7117-2020-7