Mark Williams (South African soccer)

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Mark Williams (born 11 August 1966) is a South African former international footballer who played as a forward for many clubs throughout his career, including Corinthians (Brazil),^[2] Wolverhampton Wanderers (England), Chongqing Lifan (China), Qingdao Zhongneng (China) and RWDM (Belgium). At Wolves he scored once; his goal coming in a League Cup tie against Fulham in October 1995.^[3] Internationally he is predominantly remembered for being in the squad that played in the 1996 African Cup of Nations 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.^[4] When he retired he would have played for the South Africa national football team 23 times, scoring 8 goals. As of December 2006 he is playing for South African Beach Soccer team.

Mark Williams

Personal information
Full name	Mark Frank Williams[1]
Date of birth	(1966-08-11) 11 August 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1978–1988	Clarewood AFC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	Jomo Cosmos	28	(22)
1991	Mamelodi Sundowns	20	(5)
1992	Hellenic FC	19	(6)
1993	Cape Town Spurs	5	(2)
1993–1995	RWD Molenbeek	61	(17)
1995–1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	(0)
1996	Corinthians	3	(0)
1996–1997	Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	17	(8)
1997	Guangdong Hongyuan F.C.	20	(3)
1998–2000	Qiánwéi Huándǎo	50	(36)
2001	Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili	20	(19)
2002	Qingdao Hademen	14	(1)
2002–2003	Moroka Swallows	8	(2)
2003	Brunei	6	(5)
Total		283	(107)
International career
1992–1997	South Africa	23	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

International

South Africa national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	2	0
1993	1	0
1994	2	0
1995	3	2
1996	8	5
1997	7	1
Total	23	8

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 November 1995	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa	Zambia	1–?	2–2	Friendly
2.				2–?
3.	13 January 1996	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Cameroon	2–0	3–0	1996 African Cup of Nations
4.	20 January 1996		Angola	1–0	1–0
5.	3 February 1996		Tunisia	1–0	2–0
6.				2–0
7.	18 September 1996	Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Australia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
8.	8 June 1997	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Zambia	3–0	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Qiánwéi Huándǎo

• Chinese FA Cup: 2000

Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili

• Chinese Jia B League: 2001　

Qingdao Hademen

• Chinese FA Cup: 2002

South Africa

• African Cup of Nations: 1996