Edem Mensah
Nico Williams Jr Biography
Nico Williams Jr biography talks about a young winger born in Pamplona to Ghanaian parents in the Spanish city. His full name is Nicholas ( Nico) William Arthur born on the 12th of July 2002.
Nico prefers to play as a left-winger but also functions on the right wing, where he plays his professional football with the Spanish football club Athletic Bilbao in La Liga and wears the 11 jersey for the club.
Nico Williams Family
Father Felix and mother Maria Williams (Arthur) are the parents of the young footballer and his older brother Iñaki Williams who is also a professional footballer and plays for the same club as his younger brother.
The parents of the Spanish footballer traveled across the Sahara Desert from Ghana to reach Melilla, a Spanish city in Northern Africa to seek greener pasture which they hoped they would achieve.
Nico Williams Club Career
In his youth career spine, he played for the following clubs CD Pamplona, then Osasuna before finally making it to the Athletic Bilbao youth team.
Senior Career
Nico started his senior professional football career with the club Basconia making 4 appearances for the club and scoring no goals.
Athletic Bilbao B
Came back and was promoted on the 11th of May 2020 to the reserve team where he made 24 appearances and scored 9 goals in all competitions before making the first team.
Athletic Bilbao
On the 28th of April 2021, Nico made his first La Liga debut for the first team in a match against Real Valladolid.
Moving from that first introduction of Nico into the Athletic Bilbao senior team he has been able to capped 122 times and scored 22 times in all competitions.
Nico Williams International Career
Williams Jr despite having dual citizenship chose to represent Spain in international competition unlike his elder brother Iñaki Williams who opted to represent Ghana his parent homeland.
Nico has been capped for the Spanish U18 in 2020 scoring 2 goals in 4 matches, U19 and U21 making 5 appearances with no goals in 2021.
Spain National Team
Luis Enrique gave him his first call-up in the 2022-2023 UEFA National League and made his debut in September 2022.
Nico was part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup squad eliminated by Morocco in a penalty shootout and subsequently part of the team that won the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament in Germany and was awarded Player of the Match against England in the final match.
Career Achievement
Athletic Bilbao
Williams Jr won the Copa del Rey in the 2023-24 season
Spain
He won the 2024 UEFA European Championship with Spain national team.
Individual Achievements
Nico won La Liga Play of the Month in August and December which he shared with other players in addition he was named the Man of the Match in the 2023-24 Copa del Rey final.
In conclusion, Nico was also named the Man of the Match in the UEFA Euro 2024 Final and included in the UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament.
