| Ronwen Williams | |
| Fullname: | Ronwen Hayden Williams |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1992 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Currentclub: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Clubnumber: | 30 |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | Shatterprufe Rovers |
| Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Youthclubs3: | SuperSport United |
| Years1: | 2010–2022 |
| Clubs1: | SuperSport United |
| Caps1: | 278 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Caps2: | 48 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | South Africa U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam2: | South Africa U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:09, 8 February 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 23:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014– |
| Nationalteam3: | South Africa |
| Nationalcaps3: | 43 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Ronwen Hayden Williams (born 21 January 1992) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns and captains the South Africa national team.
Williams spent part of his youth career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.[2]
Williams joined SuperSport United as a youth player in 2004. He made his debut in the CAF Champions League in January 2012 against Matlama FC, and in the PSL was four months later against Free State Stars. He kept clean sheets in both games.[3]
On 21 July 2022, Williams signed with Mamelodi Sundowns after a 12-year career at SuperSport United.[4] He made his debut in the 2022–23 opener against Cape Town City FC where he made a string of great saves and kept a clean sheet.[5]
Williams made his first match for South Africa on 5 March 2014, in a friendly against Brazil, due to a sprained ankle suffered by the first-choice keeper, Itumeleng Khune.[6] [7]
In August 2021, the new South Africa coach Hugo Broos named Williams as the new Bafana Bafana captain, taking the armband from Thulani Hlatshwayo who failed to make the squad.[8]
On 3 February 2024, in South Africa's 2023 AFCON quarter-final match against Cape Verde, the game was drawn at 0–0 after extra time. Williams saved 4 penalties in the penalty shootout, taking Bafana Bafana through to an AFCON semi-final for the first time since 2000.[9] Although South Africa lost to Nigeria in the semi-finals in another penalty shootout, Williams went ahead to win the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 43 | 0 | ||
Supersport United
Mamelodi Sundowns
South Africa
Individual
2023[11]