Mark Williams (South African Footballer)
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Mark Williams (born 11 August 1966) is a South African former international
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a forward for many clubs throughout his career, including
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(Brazil),
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...
(England),
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(China), Qingdao Zhongneng (China) and RWDM (Belgium). At Wolves he scored once; his goal coming in a League Cup tie against
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in October 1995. Internationally he is predominantly remembered for being in the squad that played in the
1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations, also known as the Coca-Cola 1996 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who rep ...
where he was the joint second scorer with 4 goals, and scored both goals in the final after coming on as a substitute, in which South Africa beat Tunisia 2–0 to win the cup for the first time. When he retired he would have played for the
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23 times, scoring 8 goals. As of December 2006 he is playing for South African Beach Soccer team.


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Qiánwéi Huándǎo *
Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...
: 2000 Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili *Chinese Jia B League: 2001  Qingdao Hademen *
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: 2002 South Africa *
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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...


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* 1966 births Living people South African men's soccer players South African expatriate men's soccer players South Africa men's international soccer players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in China Jomo Cosmos F.C. players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Hellenic F.C. players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Kaizer Chiefs F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Moroka Swallows F.C. players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Cape Coloureds Soccer players from Cape Town Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei South African expatriate sportspeople in Belgium South African expatriate sportspeople in Brazil South African expatriate sportspeople in China Brunei (Liga Premier team) players Men's association football forwards English Football League players 20th-century South African sportsmen Expatriate men's footballers in England {{SouthAfrica-footy-forward-stub