Bill Antonio | |
Full Name: | Bill Leeroy Antonio |
Birth Date: | 3 September 2002 |
Birth Place: | Dzivarasekwa, Zimbabwe[1] |
Position: | Winger |
Currentclub: | Mechelen |
Clubnumber: | 38 |
Youthyears1: | –2020 |
Youthclubs1: | Prince Edward School |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs1: | Dynamos |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | Jong KVM |
Caps2: | 33 |
Goals2: | 10 |
Years3: | 2023– |
Clubs3: | Mechelen |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
Nationalteam1: | Zimbabwe |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 14:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 18:26, 9 January 2022 (UTC) |
Bill Leeroy Antonio (born 3 September 2002) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian club Mechelen, and the Zimbabwe national team.
For the 2023-24 Belgian season, Antonio started in Mechelen's second team in Belgian Division 2, Jong KV. He made his professional debut for Mechelen as a substitute in a 3-0 Mechelen win over Standard Liege on 5 November 2023, and continued to make appearances off the bench for the Malinwa, scoring the winner in a 2–1 win at Gent on 19 January 2024, the club's first away win over the Buffalos since 2012.[2]
Antonio made his international debut with the Zimbabwe national team as an 18-year-old in a 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to South Africa on 11 November 2021.[3] It was his first call-up.[4]
Antonio was named in the Zimbabwe squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations,[5] but along with Panashe Mutimbanyoka and Temptation Chiwunga did not travel to Cameroon due to organisational problems.