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Romario Williams
Williams playing for Charleston Battery in 2016
Personal information
Full name Romario Williams
Date of birth (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Portmore, Jamaica
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Miami FC
Number 9
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 (1)
2017 → Charleston Battery (loan) 22 (15)
2018–2019 → Atlanta United 2 (loan) 12 (7)
2019 Columbus Crew SC 7 (1)
2020– Miami FC 1 (1)
International career‡
2010–2011 Jamaica U17 4 (1)
2015 Jamaica U23 3 (3)
2016– Jamaica 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2018

Romario Williams (born 15 August 1994) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Miami FC in the USL Championship. He is named after the legendary Brazilian footballer, Romário.[1]

Club career

Youth

Williams graduated from Kingston College in Jamaica and then attended university in Orlando.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

On 11 December 2016 Atlanta United FC acquired Williams from the Impact in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[6] On 7 April 2018, he scored his first career MLS goal in a 5–0 rout of Los Angeles Football Club.

On 1 July 2019, Williams was traded to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for $100,000 of General Allocation Money.[7]

International career

Williams has represented the U-17 level of the Jamaican national 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.[8] Williams made his Jamaica senior national team debut in a 1–0 Caribbean Cup qualify win over Suriname on 13 November 2016.[9]

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.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 September 2019[11][12]
Club Season League Playoffs[a] Cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Orlando City U-23 2014[13] 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
Career total 107 41 3 0 5 2 1 0 116 43
  1. ^ All appearances in the USL Cup Playoffs
  2. ^ All appearances in the U.S. Open Cup

International

As of September 9, 2018[14]
Jamaica
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 10 2
2018 3 0
Total 14 2
Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.[15]
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
Atlanta United

References

  1. ^ Tenorio, Paul. "UCF forward Romario Williams a top prospect in next week's MLS SuperDraft". Orlandosentinel.com.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Q&A: Romario Williams (Charleston Battery and Jamaica)". Concacaf.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ "American Athletic Conference Announces Men's Regular Season Awards". TheAmerican.org. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Recap: Montreal 2–2 Orlando". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Atlanta United make roster moves during active MLS half-day trade window". Atlutd.com. 11 December 2016.
  7. ^ Crew SC Communications (1 July 2019). "Columbus Crew SC acquires forward Romario Williams in trade with Atlanta United". ColumbusCrewSC.com. Columbus Crew SC. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ Joey Strizzi (10 March 2015). "Romario Williams with National Team | Montreal Impact". Impactmontreal.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Atlanta United secures green card for Williams". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. ^ Romario Williams at Major League Soccer
  12. ^ Romario Williams at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Romario Williams – 2014 PDL statistics". USLLeagueTwo.com. Premier Development League. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ^ Romario Williams at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ^ "Williams, Romario". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 July 2017.


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