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Lydia Williams
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Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League Women club Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team.
![]() Williams playing for Australia at the 2017 Algarve Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988 (age 36) | ||
Place of birth | Katanning, Australia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne Victory | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tuggeranong United | |||
Woden Valley | |||
2004–2008 | AIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Canberra United | 46 | (0) |
2009 | Chicago Red Stars | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Piteå IF | 24 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Canberra United | 12 | (0) |
2014 | Western New York Flash | 14 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Canberra United | 10 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Houston Dash | 15 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Reign FC | 21 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Melbourne City | 14 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Arsenal | 11 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | (0) |
2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Melbourne Victory | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Australia U20 | 14 | (0) |
2005– | Australia | 103 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023 |
Williams previously played for Melbourne City and Canberra United in Australia's W-League; Reign FC, Houston Dash and the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States; Piteå IF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan; and Arsenal in England's FA Women's Super League (WSL).
Williams was twice-named PFA Women's Footballer of the Year for 2011–12 and 2015–16 and to the PFA W-League Team of the Season for 2016–17. She was awarded W-League Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2016–17 seasons. Inducted to the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame, she earned for her first cap for the Australian national team, commonly known as the Matildas, at age 16.[2] She is the author of the children's book, Saved!!!, published in 2019.[2]