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.jpg) Williams playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Williams Arthuer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | CD Pamplona | ||
| 2012–2013 | Osasuna | ||
| 2013–2019 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Basconia | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Athletic Bilbao B | 24 | (9) |
| 2021– | Athletic Bilbao | 103 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2021 | Spain U18 | 4 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Spain U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2022– | Spain | 16 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 25 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 20 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Nicholas "Nico" Williams Arthuer (born 12 July 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team.
Joining Athletic Bilbao's youth academy in 2013, he was promoted to the reserve team in 2020 and to the first team a year later, becoming a teammate of elder brother Iñaki. Quickly being widely recognised for his speed and dribbling skills,[2] Williams debuted for Spain's senior side in 2022, and was a member of their 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024 squads.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Under the microscope:What makes Nico Williams a key asset of Athletic Bilbao Archived 19 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Ajai Subrahamian, La Liga Analysis, 23 December 2022