Iñaki Williams

Iñaki Williams

Williams in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Iñaki Williams Arthuer
Date of birth	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 22)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Athletic Bilbao
Number	11
Youth career
	Natación Pamplona
2009–2012	Pamplona
2012	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Basconia	18	(7)
2013–2015	Bilbao Athletic	32	(21)
2014–	Athletic Bilbao	71	(12)
National team‡
2015–	Spain U21	10	(2)
2016–	Spain	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Iñaki Williams Arthuer (born 15 June 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a forward.

Born in Bilbao, Biscay to a Ghanaian father and a Liberian mother, Williams spent much of his childhood in Pamplona and was playing youth football with local CD Pamplona in 2012 when he was spotted by Athletic Bilbao, who signed him to their youth setup at Lezama at the age of 18. He spent his first season with the Juvenil A side and made a big impression, scoring at the rate of almost a goal a game (eventually ending with 36); the team finished runners-up in the Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol, and on 25 June 2013 he signed a new contract with the Basque club, running until 2017.

Williams began 2013–14 playing with CD Basconia, the farm team who competed in Tercera División. After suffering a knee injury in August, he returned to activity in October, made his debut as a senior and marked it with a goal. He was immediately called upon by the reserves in Segunda División B and by the end of the same month had played his first match and scored his first goals at that level; he spent the campaign alternating between both squads.