Club career
Early career
Williams spent part of his youth career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur.SuperSport United
Williams joined SuperSport United F.C., SuperSport United as a youth player in 2004. He made his debut in the CAF Champions League in January 2012 against Matlama FC, and in the Premier Soccer League, PSL was four months later against Free State Stars F.C., Free State Stars. He kept clean sheets in both games.Mamelodi Sundowns
On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United. He made his debut in the 2022–23 opener against Cape Town City FC where he made a string of great saves and kept a clean sheet. He won the African Football League with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2023 where he made two important penalties saves one against Al Ahly and the other one against CA Petróleos Luanda.International career
Williams made his first appearance for South Africa national football team, South Africa on 5 March 2014, in a friendly against Brazil national football team, Brazil, due to a sprained ankle suffered by the first-choice keeper, Itumeleng Khune. In August 2021, the new South Africa coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new ''Bafana Bafana'' captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad. On 3 February 2024, in South Africa's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, 2023 AFCON quarter-final match against Cape Verde national football team, Cape Verde, the game was drawn at 0–0 after extra time. Williams saved 4 penalties in the penalty shootout, taking ''Bafana Bafana'' through to an AFCON semi-final for the first time since 2000. Although South Africa lost to Nigeria national football team, Nigeria in the semi-finals in another penalty shootout, Williams went ahead to win the Africa Cup of Nations awards#Best Goalkeeper, Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.Career statistics
International
Honours
Supersport United * Nedbank Cup: 2011–12 Nedbank Cup, 2011–12, 2015–16 Nedbank Cup, 2015–16, 2016–17 Nedbank Cup, 2016–17 * MTN 8: 2017 MTN 8, 2017, 2019 MTN 8, 2019 * Telkom Knockout: 2014 Mamelodi Sundowns * South African Premier Division: 2022–23 South African Premier Division, 2022–23, 2023–24 South African Premier Division, 2023–24 * Africa Super League, Africa Football League: 2023 African Football League final, 2023 South Africa * Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, 2023 Individual *PSL Footballer of the Season: 2023-24 *Africa Cup of Nations awards#Best Goalkeeper, Africa Cup of Nations Best Goalkeeper: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations#Awards, 2023 * Africa Cup of Nations awards#Team of the Tournament, Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations#Best XI, 2023 * African Football League, African Football League Best Goalkeeper: 2023 African Football League, 2023 *Confederation of African Football, African Goalkeeper of the Year: 2024 *CAF Awards#African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa), African Inter-Club Player of the Year: 2024References
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