Andy Williams is a former professional footballer

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 who played as a winger.

Williams began his playing career as a trainee at Southampton

Southampton F.C.

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. After a brief loan spell at Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

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 in 1999, the Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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 club signed him on a permanent basis and he went on to make a total of 47 appearances in all competitions in his twenty months at the club, scoring one goal. In 2001 he gave up playing full-time football due to injury. He joined Bath City

Bath City F.C.

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, and began a career with the police

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. He spent three years in Bath before being forced to entirely retire from football due to a knee injury in 2004.

Williams won two full caps

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 for Wales

Wales national football team

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, against Brazil

Brazil national football team

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 in 1997 and Malta

Malta national football team

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 in 1998.

Personal life

He was brought up in Bishop Sutton

Bishop Sutton

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, attending the local secondary school Chew Valley School

Chew Valley School

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. Andy now works at Future Publishing

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 in Bath. He lives near Bristol

Bristol

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.