Marc Lloyd Williams (born 8 February 1973) is a Welsh former

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. He is the

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to ...

's all-time top scorer, with 319 goals.

Career

Williams was born in Bangor, and brought up in

Llanberis (; ) is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. It is a centre for outdoor activities in Snowdonia, including walking, ...

. He has played for a number of clubs including recently Bangor City (5 spells), TNS,

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(2 spells),

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(2 spells) and

Rhyl Rhyl (; cy, Y Rhyl, ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. The town lies within the historic boundaries of Flintshire, on the north-east coast of Wales at the mouth of the River Clwyd ( Welsh: ''Afon Clwyd''). To the west ...

. Other honours include Wales B international appearances. Welsh Premier championship medal (3), Welsh Cup winner's medal (twice), Welsh Premier Golden Boot award (twice) and Norwegian First Division Championship medal. Williams was the highest scorer in all European leagues with 47 goals in the 2001–02 season, but did not win the

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as the Welsh Premier League has a lower co-efficient than some of Europe's bigger leagues. He joined

in July 2002. He then returned to Bangor in February 2003. Williams then joined

in June 2003, and probably enjoyed one of the best spells of his career, playing attractive football and scoring freely. Williams returned to Bangor City in July 2006. Williams left Bangor in 2007 to join Rhyl FC, where he made 20 appearances scoring 16 goals, he then joined

where he made 11 appearances scoring 5 goals. He returned to his roots rejoining

for the start of the 2008–09 season. In October 2010 he signed for again for Newtown. He is currently the all-time top scorer in the

League of Wales The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to ...

, with 319 goals in 467 appearances.

Career statistics

Honours

Player of the Season: 2001–02 * Welsh Premier League Team of the Year: 2004–05

References

External links

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Marc Lloyd Williams Welsh Premier career statsWelsh Premier legends

Welsh Premier League Football - Lloyd Williams is triple centurion
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