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Rachel Louise Williams (born 10 January 1988) is an English international women's footballer who plays for Notts County of the FA WSL. Before joining Notts County, Williams spent one year at Chelsea Ladies and three years at Birmingham City Ladies, where she was converted from an attacking midfielder to a striker. Williams made her senior England debut in July 2009 but had to wait two years for her next appearance, missing out on selection for Women's Euro 2009 and the 2011 Women's World Cup. She was selected in the Great Britain squad for the 2012 London Olympics. ==Club career== Williams joined Leicester City Women as a twelve–year–old, progressing through their centre of excellence to play in their senior side.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rachel Williams (first team) )〕 She was vice–captain as the side won the County League in 2005.〔 and the following season was a member of the side that again won the County League, but also the County Cup. In the 2006–07 season, Williams was a member of the Leicester side that won the treble of the East Midlands Women's Premier League title, the County Cup and the League Cup and promotion to the Midlands Combination League. The following season she was part of the Leicester team that won promotion to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. She left Leicester at the end of the 2007–08 season to join Doncaster Rovers Belles.〔 She was the FA Premier League player of the month for October 2008,〔 and was a member of the Doncaster side that lost to Arsenal Ladies in the 2009 FA Women's Premier League Cup final. She ended her first season with Doncaster as the club's Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year.〔 Williams netted on the opening day of the 2009–10 season as Doncaster drew 1–1 at home to Blackburn Rovers Ladies. In October 2009 she scored against former club Leicester City Women as Doncaster progressed in the Premier League Cup. With Doncaster not playing until the FA WSL in March 2011, Williams re–signed for Leicester City in summer 2010. In December 2010, Williams was revealed to have signed for Birmingham City's FA WSL squad. After converting to a striker, Williams made an impressive start to the new season with Birmingham, scoring five goals in her first two WSL appearances and winning a recall to the England squad. Williams hit 14 goals in 14 games as Birmingham missed out on the WSL title on the final day. She was also voted 2011 Players' Player of the Year at the FA Women's Football Awards. She scored an injury time equaliser against Chelsea Ladies in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final, which Birmingham eventually won after a penalty shootout. In October 2013 Birmingham announced that Williams had departed the club "by mutual consent". A transfer to Chelsea was made public on 6 November 2013. She scored seven goals in 13 games across all competitions for Chelsea, who finished second in the 2014 FA WSL. In January 2015 she transferred to Notts County in her native Midlands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rachel Williams (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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