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Lydia Williams

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Born
1988 (36 years old)

Birth Place

Katanning, Australia

Position
Goalkeeper

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
1

Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

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Sport

Soccer

Team
Melbourne Victory Women

2nd Team
Australia Women

League
Australian A-League Women

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Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams (born 13 May 1988) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League Women club Melbourne Victory and the Australia national team.

Williams previously played for Melbourne City and Canberra United in Australia's W-League; Reign FC, Houston Dash and the Western New York Flash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States; Piteå IF in Sweden's Damallsvenskan; and Arsenal in England's FA Women's Super League (WSL).

Williams was twice-named PFA Women's Footballer of the Year for 2011–12 and 2015–16 and to the PFA W-League Team of the Season for 2016–17. She was awarded W-League Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2016–17 seasons. Inducted to the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame, she earned for her first cap for the Australian national team, commonly known as the Matildas, at age 16. She is the author of the children's book, Saved!!!, published in 2019.