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Rudy Williams (footballer)

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Rudy Williams
Personal information
Full name Rudy Alberto Williams
Date of birth (1965-07-25) July 25, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Honduras
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1987 Vida (12)
1988–2000 Olimpia (17)
1994–1995 ADET
2001–2002 Universidad (1)
International career
1985 Honduras U-20
1986 Honduras U-21
1987 Honduras U-23
1992–1995 Honduras 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2013

Rudy Alberto Williams (born 25 August 1965) is a retired Honduran football defender, who played most of his career for Olimpia in the Honduran Liga Nacional.

Club career

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Williams also played for Vida, Pumas UNAH and Salvadoran club ADET. He is most famous for scoring the winning goal against Real España in the 1989–90 final that gave Olimpia its 10th national title.[1]

International career

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Williams made his senior debut for Honduras in a September 1992 friendly match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[2] and played at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup.[3]

His final international was a December 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

International goals

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Scores and results list Honduras' goal tally first.
N. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 December 1995 Estadio de la Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador  Costa Rica 1–1 1–1 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup

Retirement

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After he quit playing, Williams lived in the United States for several years where he learned painting houses, a job he now has in Honduras.[4]

Honours and awards

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Club

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C.D. Olimpia
C.D.S. Vida

Country

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Honduras

References

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